Ferrari Mailing List: Re: SR-71

[LarryT (L02turner]

sorry - my mistake - my memory is fading fast!

LarryT

On 11/26/2014 5:43 PM, Hunter Schultz wrote:

That wasn't an SR-71 James May flew in. He was lucky enough to fly in a U2.

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 3:37 PM, LarryT <L02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:

Hearing about the Russians attempt to shoot down (or just catch) a SR71 was amazing - by the time the SR71 appeared on the radar and they *started* to launch aircraft, the SR71 was long gone.  It's hard to comprehend how fast 2500mph (or more if needed) actually is.  

A while back a SR71 took one of the British "Top Gear" guys was given a ride.   Seems like it should have been an American (me!!) getting that incredible ride.

LarryT

On 11/26/2014 11:55 AM, clyde romero wrote:

During the Cold war, most did not  know that the soviets had a dedicated fleet of MIG-25’s with a sole mission of shooting down a SR-71 and AWACS in Europe

We used to use the SR platform as a high fast flyer masking as a   FOXBAT attacking the AWACS tracks that were CAPed with F-15.

AWACS would run the retrograde ops while the F -15 tried like hell to run an intercept on FOXBAT simulator

Having been on a couple of those runs it wasn’t easy at all , especially for the AWACS crews

Glad that shit is over

 

 

 

In victory you deserve Champagne

In defeat you need it!

 

   

 

 

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From: Rick Moseley [mailto:ramosel [at] pacbell.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 10:28 AM
To: Clyde Romero
Cc: The FerrariList
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SR-71

 

Erik, Clyde,

Sled Driver was a great book.  The new version is even better.   If any of you are a fan of Sled Driver, Brian has released a new updated version of the book and both go along with "The Untouchables" which was his follow on to the original Sled Driver.  Now that I'm retired an my days of flying CAP for the SR's over the Barents are long behind me I've moved back to Northern Calif. and live very near Mr. Shul and have talked with him many times and visited his Studio/Gallery in Marysville (Just outside of Beale where the Blackbirds roosted).

 

Rich Graham is a great guy and we've had several conversations over the years ( I chased him down at the Pentagon an made a HABU pitch at him in the 80s).  Rich has also authored a number of books (4 or 5 now) which are all great reads if you are into this.

 

As I mentioned in my F1 rant, my heroes are the designers (Murray, Tyrrell, Brawn, etc) but for anyone who purports themselves as an engineer, the GOD of all modern day engineers is Kelly Johnson.   He too has an autobiography just called "Kelly" but perhaps the best book regarding the A12/SR71 and all its variants is by Kelly's protege and successor, Ben Rich simply called "Skunkworks".  Ben designed the inlet spike/throat/doors on the SRs and if you don't understand what that means to the speed of the aircraft, you are truly missing a monstrous achievement from the mind of man.  And it still stands today.  It was a sad day when they retired the SR71s...  both times.

 

Thanks for sharing that video, Clyde.  I'll call Rich and find out if that will be released as a DVD?   It's about time I make another donation to the JT Vida foundation.

 

Rick

 

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From: Clyde Romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net>
To: Rick Moseley <ramosel [at] pacbell.net>
Cc: The FerrariList <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2014 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] SR-71

 

Sled Driver is a great book

But nothing like the interview which is long on the link I sent out

It covers everything from pilot selection to mission profile bases Dets airframe performance 

Most of what he says was classified at the secret level years ago 

He even talks of camera resolution which was un heard of and highly classified 

And great book to read on this subject since this is what I did on another level is the the book

The Big Safari 

Happy holidays to all

And yes your son is lucky indeed to see a national asset such as that everyday 

In victory you deserve Champagne

In defeat you need it!

 

     

 

Scars are Tattoos with better stories !

 

If you follow all the rules

You miss all the fun! 

 

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On Nov 26, 2014, at 7:31 AM, Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com> wrote:

If you get bored this holiday season, I highly recommend reading “Sled Driver”.  

 

Here is a link to the pdf (http://mirror.xwl.me/Sled%20Driver.pdf) as they typically are about $500 on Amazon for a used copy.

 

Erik

very lucky to live just a few miles down the road from 60-6930, one of the original A12s from the program, my son sees it 2x a day going to and from school...

 

On Nov 25, 2014, at 5:48 PM, clyde romero <clyderomerof4 [at] bellsouth.net> wrote:

 

 

 

neat stuff, but very basic 

 

 

 

 

SR-71 Cockpit Checkout 

 

by ErikJohnston

 

 

This video is available for purchase. Please contact me if you would like to purchase a dvd. Autographed copies by Richard Graham are available as well. Email me at veterantales [at] gmail.com

Richard Graham was nice enough to give us a cockpit checkout in both the pilot and RSO stations. We shot this on location at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field Dallas Texas. This simulator was used to train every operational SR pilot before they ever set foot in the actual plane. 

Here is he link to the entire interview I did with Rich. I hope you like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeBu6mRDaro&feature=c4-overview&list=UUYYT43aHuHaVcdbuJ4YYCjw

 

 

 

 

 

 

In victory you deserve Champagne

In defeat you need it!

 

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Scars are tattoos with better stories!

 

Clyde Romero

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