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| Had a neighbor that was a ground crew tech on the SR71. He still couldn't talk much about it even after all those years. Military Intelligence visited with him periodically to learn who'd talked with him about it, what they'd asked, what he'd told them, etc. I told him the publications said it could fly at mach 3.5+ and 85,000+. He just laughed and said it was "plus" alright. He said the limiting factor on the blackbird was not the engines, it was the airframe. He said one of their flights got fired on by a SAM over Nam. The pilot punched it. Missile peaked 2 miles behind him. he said this was a VERY close miss) Said they had a LOT of work to do on that bird when he got back.
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