Re: Differences between A-12 and SR-71?


Message posted by werD on August 13, 2009 at 9:37:14 PST:

Good call including the record information, I was already going to ask once A-12 was brought up and you were commenting.

I take it you're certain about these max speeds? Only reason I question 3.2 as the max is from a story-- I have a contact whose father was an SR71 pilot. When asked about max speed he always referred to what was posted in "time magazine" (which at the time was 3.2). Which sort of insists that it was higher than that. I guess that way of talking about it was more about covering his rear, but it also makes it sound like it could potentially be a lot higher.

But I have a feeling that, if anyone knows the absolute max speed of any of the 'blackbird' airframes, it'd be Peter Merlin. So I'll trust what you posted :-P


In Reply to: Re: Differences between A-12 and SR-71? posted by Peter Merlin on August 13, 2009 at 9:11:42 PST:

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