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by Serious_Cheese 2078 days ago
Obligatory share: [0] An interesting story onboard an SR-71 Blackbird

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That version is succinct, but without color. Here is a longer but also a better telling.[1] That Hornet must die, and die now.

[1] http://b.johnwurth.com/aspen-20/

Classic. "Aspen, I show 1,942 knots."
"I'm showing closer to 2000"

"Roger that, your equipment is probably more accurate than ours"

Gets me every time.