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I think it's a parody of the original: https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...

The original story doesn't pass the smell test, but it's fun and hard to disprove.

Sled Driver is a great book for anyone looking for something to read. Physical copies sell for the hundreds of dollars, but there is a PDF floating on the high seas.

The volatility of voting on my comment seems like an explanation is deserved:

Here's a different SR-71 pilot saying it's probably not true: https://old.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/xis19w/reddits_be...

There was another thread that had a larger discussion as to additional holes in the story, but Google is not as good as it once was.

Ugh man I cannot stand this kind of alpha-nerd bragging story. I’ve heard it’s ilk so very very often.

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