> As I noticed the airspeed indicator slide below 160 knots, my heart stopped and my adrenalin-filled left hand pushed two throttles full forward. At this point we weren’t really flying, but were falling in a slight bank.

Falling with style! Great story.

Discussed a few months ago:

The slowest SR-71 Blackbird fly-by - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29371530 - Nov 2021 (132 comments)

This has been posted to HN before, but I'm happy to see it again.