SR-71 ground speed check story - the long version.
Military • November 2008 • Views: 3,590
Most of us have read the readers digest version of this story - now the full version in all it’s glory.
This is an excerpt from one of author Brian Schul’s books:
Sled Driver: Flying the World’s Fastest Jet
Brian Schul, is a retired U. S. Air Force fighter pilot who was
severely burned in the crash of an AT-28 working on a clandestine
mission in Laos.
He not only survived, but came back on flight status to fly again and serve as an A-10 and SR-71 pilot.