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Re:What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015) by Retric on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @03:14PM (#15751142)
That ones great, but I always like the question of how slow it could fly:

https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-...

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Re:What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015) by theoh on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:17PM (#15751643)
See also a story about testing the minimum airspeed on a single engine, from the book "Contrails over the Mojave": https://books.google.ie/books?id=NTU9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT114&lpg=P...
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Re:What Made the SR-71 Blackbird Such a Badass Plane (2015) by justsomedood on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:12PM (#15752581)
I think every SR-71 story I've read has been engrossing, and this one is no exception. Thanks for the link!
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