Hangar Flying

[Bill Glaze]

Yep.  A friend of mine on the airline (retired Lt. Colonel) flew the
SR-71 operationally.  He's a very quiet guy!  Bill Glaze

s.vannostrand at kodak.com wrote:

>
> In my imagination you describe an awesome sight.  I don't remember
> much from 1969, but I'd probably remember that!
> --Lance
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>  "Del Rykert"
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> I loved it Bill....
>
> Flying
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> | Come to think of it........
> | We were abeam Bakersfield, Calif. sometime ~ 1969, flying over a
> solid
> | undercast which topped out around 14K feet or so.
> | LAX Center called out traffic: "United, traffic at your 9:00
> position,
> | xxx miles, ground speed zero."
> | We looked at each other, wondering why the controller would call out
> a
> | target with zero ground speed; the distance given said it had to be
> out
> | of Edwards AFB.
> | But, we looked.
> | Suddenly, out of the top of the undercast, like a rocket, came a
> SR-71.
> | Sure enough, his ground speed was zero.
> | He was going straight up, and did so until he was no longer throwing
> a
> | trail that we could see.  Out of sight, vertically.
> | Talk about unlimited vertical!
> | We thanked the controller for us.  He was doing us a favor, I'm
> sure.
> | We didn't even have time to tell the passengers.
> | Off subject; hope nobody minded.
> |
> | Bill Glaze
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