Major Brian Shul, USAF (Ret.) SR-71 Blackbird 'Speed Check'
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- Опубліковано 30 гру 2016
- Major Brian Shul relays the true story of a ground speed check with Los Angeles Center, while piloting the SR-71 Blackbird over Southern California.
Hiller Aviation Museum
San Carlos Airport
San Carlos, CA
30. December 2016
I worked with a ex SR pilot,he told me a story where a controller asked what his altitude was. His reply was " Don't worry there's nobody up where we are".
Just the space station and God......that's all
Hehehe, that is funny.
I heard about an SR pilot who requested an altitude clearance of 50 thousand feet. The control center replied, "If you can reach it, go for it." To which the SR pilot replied, "OK, descending to 50 thousand feet"
@Bad Andy Doubt
I heard another great story similar to that. A pilot was requesting permission for an altitude of 50,000. Air control said if you can make it then you got it. Pilot responds with descending to 50,000 feet.
R.I.P. Brian Shul (February 8, 1948 - May 20, 2023). Now flying higher than ever before.
I had not heard 😢
Thanks for the update
R.I.P. Sir.
Rip Brian
o7
And out of all those guys, the Cessna guy is the only one who actually owned his own plane.. Go Cessna Dude!!
Point!
yeah my dream brother, giiief me that Cessna :D
🤣🤣😂🤣
yyyyyyup
I doubt that. Those things are expensive.
"A 12 year old was reaching for the mic"
Men don't grow out of boys, they just get bigger toys....
He has a great video on YT, where that actually stems from.
The older we get, the more expensive our toys get.
Women grow up while Men only get older......=D
@@navnig I'd much rather get older and have all of these wonderful toys to play with, why grow up when you don't have to. Besides, women will always say they grow up before men, so let them think that they do.
@@navnig mis. con. ception.
@Breaumance really?
Heard the story decades ago when 41000 ft was a stretch for Learjets. A pilot came on center frequency and asked for flight level 600 (60,000 ft). The controller thought it was an airline pilot messing with him and said "Hey if you can get there, you can have it." Then the pilot said "Roger decending to 600." Total silence. Then everybody realized it was an SR71.
Ictpilot Ictpilot descending to fl600... Damn...
That's an awesome story!
Awesome
haha. I've heard that one before and it is still funny every time!
Where can I find that? Thx
"Not a broadcaster from Seattle to San Diego wanted to be on the com. And a 12 year old was reaching for the microphone."
GETS ME EVERYTIME..
Ditto
Same. 😁
Never gets old, does it? :D
For me it's "no, the navy must die"
"No, its the navy, they must die".
Perfect storytelling. One of my other favourites which I don't think is real: Allegedly the German air controllers at Frankfurt Airport are renowned as a short-tempered lot. They, it is alleged, not only expect one to know one’s gate parking location, but how to get there without any assistance from them. So it was with some amusement that we (a Pan Am 747) listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and a British Airways 747, call sign Speedbird 206.
Speedbird 206: “Frankfurt, Speedbird 206 clear of active runway.”
Ground: “Speedbird 206. Taxi to gate Alpha One-Seven.” The BA 747 pulled onto the main taxiway and slowed to a stop.
Ground: “Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?”
Speedbird 206: “Stand by, Ground, I’m looking up our gate location now.”
Ground (with quite arrogant impatience): “Speedbird 206, have you not been to Frankfurt before?”
Speedbird 206 (coolly): “Yes, twice in 1944, but it was dark,… and I didn’t land.”
Yeah, there's a really similar joke about an impatient French customs agent chastising an old man fumbling to find his passport. She's getting tired of waiting and she asks him if he had ever been to France before. The old man says "yes" and she sarcastically says that he should know to have his passport ready, to which he says he didn't have to show it last time. She flips out and says that it was impossible, people have always had to show their passport when arriving in France. The old man looks up at her and says that when he landed on Omaha Beach in 1944, he couldn't find any Frenchmen around to give it to
@@RowdyBrian17 they just don't make em like they used to
That generation’s humor was something else man. I’ve got another one: RAF Pilot and Flying Ace Sir Douglas Bader was giving a speech on his experience in a dogfight to a very prestigious all girls school. Sir Bader says, “So, there were two of the f***ers behind me, three f***ers to my right, another f***er on the left-“ before he’s cut off by the headmistress who is noticeably paler than a second ago. She says, “Ladies the Fokker was a German aircraft.” Now a more gentlemanly pilot could have recognized his crass language and corrected it, finished his speech, and gone about his life with nothing really changed by it, but not this madlad. The RAF pilot corrects the headmistress, replying, “That may be madam, but these f***ers were in Messerschmitts.”
Happy to send his children to die for 79 yrs for propaganda lies usa Todate still trying used 70 bbrain dead puppets North Korea still undefeated Ukraine to hard a basket west turns a a blind eye in Gaza to appease thier Israeli puppet
Love telling thier kids how they destroyed the Germans Vietnamese North north
Koreans Afghanistan Iraq will not help Zelensky pissing in his ear tells him it’s rainin the last brain dead puppet 60th Guaido White House trashed;30 % of usa
Infrastructure collapsing but the bird is in the propaganda museum
I have only ever heard one SR-71 Pilot ever tell the truth about the top speed, to summarize he said "There is two top speeds, the public top speed and then the declassified top speed, and both are way slower than what we were capable of."
I'm a former Navy pilot and even I love that story. There was no equal to the Blackbird.
Well, there MIGHT be! I once met Ben Rich of Lockheed, just after the Blackbird was grounded - only saw him for a few minutes, he was a VERY busy man, and he was in our Lockheed facility, moving at the speed of light. But I said, "It's a shame about the Blackbird." He stopped, froze, turned around, stuck his face into mine, and whispered, "Don't Worry About It!." That's all he said - never broke security. LORDY, I'd love to know what's up there today!! -- Old Man Bob
Laura C apparently they are developing the sr72 which is twice as fast though it is unmanned.
No they've launched UFA-01. Something creepy classified thing.
Max Hodges I don't think so. I'm no radio expert but most of it is line of sight and line of sight from 60,000 feet is pretty far. I think they are also out of controlled airspace that high so they are communicating to keep each other apprised of their intent and status and the controllers may not be as concerned with covering their normal sectors. I have no reason to doubt what he's saying.
It would have been so brilliant if the X-15 was still flying that day........
I was in Seattle when Brian told that story. The entire group loved it. I also loved that he invited all the kids to sit on the floor in front of him and then asked if they had any question.s. I saw my daughters hand go up and Brian called on her. As a dad I panicked what was she going to ask, because the SR 71 is her favorate plane. She asked what the pointy thing on the front if the engine did? Brian then went into a several minute technical explanation of what it did and how. At the end realizing what he had done he looked at my daughter and said " I apologize sweetheart you probably didn't understand any of that." Her answer was " it moves back and forth and makes the engine think it's going slower." The look in his face was priceless, as he did a drop Mike holding on to the cord and the place went wild.
I'd be so proud lol
@@IcedPlasma Good man, GREAT kid!
Sir! Your daughter is going places!
What’s it like raising a future aerospace engineer? Can you keep up?
@@sean_connors She actually has a degree in Music/Art and Digital Imaging and Design. She still sings in the Alumni/community choir at her university and has received a invitation to a large Choir festival at Carnegie Hall in the spring from her choir director who will be conducting the festival.
"I'm reading closer to 2000" - "You might be right, your instruments are probably better than ours"
Absolutely. ATC radar only strings together transponder replies and estimates location from antenna pointing angle and time delay, and altitude code. The time between looks is about 12 seconds, and the angular resolution is only 1.4 degrees, or 360/256. Range to the target can be well over 100 nautical miles. At that range the uncertainty in velocity can be well over 100 kt. The SR-71 undoubtedly had state of the art inertial navigation (like the F-18). They knew their velocity to within a couple of kt.
@@jimdecamp7204 aight mr professor we didn’t need all the no English shit my guy
@@jimdecamp7204 you're just out here doing the most.
@@jimdecamp7204 Then you should also be able to apply this knowledge to know that this story is impossible.
@@Rl29F34R.V Not everyone is as retarded as you. You can't even speak English, let alone understand it.
Hiller just reported that Brian passed away recently. A real treasure, amazing to see & hear his stories, great storyteller and aviator.
RIP and Godspeed, Aspen 3-0...
RIP
Wonder if someone has done a speed check on his new wings
Rest In Peace 😔
We're running out of men like him.
@@paladamashkin8981 Gosh---I hope so!
"The king of speed lived, the Navy had been flamed and a crew had been formed that day." Lol 😂😂
informed*
*formed
Flamed?! Burnt to a crisp, more like!
I'd sure like to hear the story from the Cessna pilot's perspective. He was probably having the day of his life, and has laughed for years over that.
@@magneticpine Haha absolutely. That guy was probably some late middle aged dad finally able to have the money to pursue a long held childhood dream of flying, got his own little plane to tool around in, still learning how to navigate, and innocently calls in for a speed check that becomes an epic oneupmanship.
My cousin in the Air Force told me that he was in his B-52 and heard "Aspen 22" (or whatever the callsign was) request clearance to 60,000 ft. ATC told him, "Buddy, if you can get up that high you can have it." Aspen 22 replied "Roger, *descending* to flight level six zero zero."
Met him.once in Beale AFB Base Ops. I was but a lowly KC-135 copilot but I saw him standing across the room with a HABU patch on his sleeve and visible burn scars. I walked over and asked if he flew the SR and he said yes. I was stunned to be in the presence of aviation royalty. I can't remember any questions I asked or what his answers were but I remember that he had not an ounce of arrogance about him while talking with an obviously junior pilot. RIP Sir!
I never tire of hearing this story. I was stationed in Okinawa from mid-'67 to spring '68. Was assigned to an ammo platoon at a small USMC camp called Camp Hague. We were about 3 miles off the end of the runway at Kadena AFB and were able to watch the B-52's and KC-135's take off in succession from the main runway on their way to 'Nam. They were just a couple hundred feet from the ground when they flew overhead, and the 52's made one hell of a racket. So did the 135's and of course the F-4's as well. But one day, I heard and saw this phenomenal black plane in the air with two engines that roared louder than anything I'd ever heard. It was the Blackbird, and I just couldn't believe it hadn't flown through a time warp from the future. It looked so much different and futuristic than any plane I've ever seen before, or since. Just plain beauty and power in the air. Gotta give it to Kelly Johnson and everyone at the Skunk Works... they made one hellova plane and it served our country well. Hats off to Brian Shul and all the other brave men that flew the Blackbird. Semper Fi.
Fun fact, the SR-71 gained its nickname 'Habu' at Kadena AFB because the Japanese locals thought the aircraft looked like an indigenous snake that they called Habu.
@@vgt Feel silly now, because I was stationed in Okinawa for 2 years, and I always thought habu meant either jungle or woods. Every time we'd go on a PT run, or walk one of the little trails from the barracks to the motor pool that went through brush and trees, people would say "be careful of the habu" or something like that. I thought it was like saying "be careful in the bush" nobody ever told me they were saying look out for snakes.
@@johns9652 haha, yeah, habu is a type of extremely venomous pit viper. count yourself lucky that you never had to find out the hard way what a habu is!
@@johns9652 that made me spit my drink. Those poor people were worried about you and you thought they were being mysterious!
Seeing the reference to Camp Hague was a blast from the past. I was there (NCOIC Btn Armory, H&S Btn, 3rd MARDIV) in '63 - '64. Semper Fi, bro.
My dad developed film from the SR-71. He was stationed at Beale AFB and also served at Kadena in Okinawa. He served 20 years in the USAF and retired in 1970. I remember one time when dad parked our car near the end of the runway as a Blackbird flew over. Holy cow, whatta plane! Dad passed away a couple years ago. God bless dad, Lockheed and the USAF.
That's awesome... The plane is amazing but without its information (film) it would have been pointless... Except to waste soviet missles.
I have seen pictures taken by cameras mounted in an SR 71, flying over North Vietnam, during the Vietnam war, flying at an altitude of 80,000 feet.
You could tell if the North Vietnamese soldiers were wearing sandals or boots, the pictures were so good!
Thank you for sharing. Developing the film correctly is a very important job! Thank you for his service!
My step dad was a USAF mechanic out on Beale. Best time of my childhood out there. Miss it terribly.
Nuij nui
As a young weather specialist assigned to the US Air Force Global Weather Central, back in the mid '70's, I hand plotted every PIREP (Pilot Report) and AIREP (Air Report), and RECCO (Recon Report) on a massive chart covering the northern hemisphere. All of these came in on a teletype, in a very specific format, leading with latitude and longitude. I received one, spun the map around, and realized the lat/lon was unusual. Like over central Soviet Union unusual. I was in the non-classified part of the weather center, and I IMMEDIATELY shut down my machine, and notified my boss. I had to undergo a formal debriefing for having seen highly classified information. Best part was type aircraft "UNKN" and flight level... FL850...or eighty five thousand feet. Good times!
The ex-pilots and any interview or documentary always say "I want to make it clear that the SR-71 never overflew the Soviet Union...." I am direct quoting and not paraphrasing that. It was just post-Gary Powers times and I suppose that was the company line. The thing could get so high it probably didn't NEED to penetrate Soviet airspace for photographic intelligence. Signals intelligence they might have needed to get closer I guess? I know they always say it's ceiling is 80,000 as well when people have slipped up and said a specific figure that was 2-10K/ft higher. Lol, bet you never thought reading the weather report would accidentally get you involved in a Top Secret (probably SCI?) intelligence snafu!? That's the LAST place I would think that would be an issue but no that I think about it, from WW1 onward you had to know the weather....
@@BigDaddy-yp4mi You forget that the CIA had a 1 seater SR-71 Predecessor that was reported to fly higher and faster (the SR-71 was heavier by adding a 2nd seat and increasing the size). While the US Airforce has always maintained that the SR-71 never overflew the Soviet Union; I've never heard a similar statement about the CIA's predecessor. I personally believe that the CIA did overfly the Soviet Union with that predecessor to the SR-71.
@@perryallan3524that was the A-12
@@perryallan3524 That was the Oxcart. Higher and faster than the Blackbird; so it was higher and faster than anything that breathed air.
@@BigDaddy-yp4mi Take it with a grain of salt, but I've heard of an SR-71 getting caught in a high-altitude photography setup once - perfectly in focus when the equipment was set to ~210,000 ft as a focal length. Sadly, never been able to find any concrete evidence of this though....
May you Rest in Peace, Major Brian Shul.
I come back ever so often to listen to this legend
Major Shul was a legend even before he started flying the SR-71. He is a Vietnam War vet with over 200 missions. He was shot down near the Cambodian border and could not eject so he had to crash land his jet; severely burned and injured was rescued by Special Forces. Looking at him now, you would never have guessed he had to undergo 15 surgeries for the burns and injuries he suffered.
Ehhh, cool guy and all, but you'd have to be blind to not notice the scar tissue...
@@codymoe4986 Right? Lookin like Elmers glue guy up there.
Seeing him up close, it's more than obvious.
I've heard this story a thousand times... AND IT NEVER GETS OLD!!!
Also never let the truth get in the way of a good story.
This never happened.
I heard a pilot telling this story up here in NW Washington. Another pilot spoke up, claiming he was the Cessna pilot. According to him, he was above the cloud cover and wanted to verify his position. He rolled his eyes when the twin Beech tried to show him up, smiled with satisfaction when the Navy boy chimed in, putting "Twin Beech" in his place, and couldn't help laughing when the SR-71 spoke up.
I can imagine beeing the Cessna pilot hearing all the others being put in their place! He must have had a field day 🤣🤣
Major Shul just passed, I have listened to this countless times still gives me a smile RIP MAJOR
An SR 71 driver doing stand-up. I definitely had never thought I would see that. Fun story.
driver
Did this guy just say "driver"?!
@@divyaranat2246 he meant *captain /s
@@ItsMonkeyNews captain?!
@@ItsMonkeyNews he is right with driver SR 71 pilots were called Sled Drivers
People on here really don't understand how high 89,000ft is. Your looking over the curvature of the earth.
How can you understand how high 89,000 ft is when you can't properly choose between "your" and "you're"
Well not completely over it. You can easily see the curvature from 40,000 - 42,000 feet(nearly 8 miles up), the cruising altitude of most trans-continental commercial flights.
Jonny B thank you I'll trust your judgement and not look it up for myself. Because it's scary out there
SternLX From what I've heard, 40,000 ft. is the maximum altitude for most commercial jets.
So, would that altitude account for the difference between the indicated speeds? If you're going 1942 knots on the ground, once you account for the curvature, how much distance are you adding at 89Kft?
F-18 pilot: What’s my speed?
Tower: We’re showing you at 620 knots across the ground.
SR71 pilot: I’m about to end this guys whole career!
...wee on the fire and call in the dogs!!!
this guys
@@siler7 nah, piss on the dogs and call in the fire
Nah, it was the back seat not the pilot.
Worse yet in some ways....
Shuttle pilot: "Can you guess our speed please?"
I could listen to this guy for hours. His whole story is nothing less than inspirational. He was shot down in Vietnam, rescued, almost died and coincidentally his doctors found that he could only drink fruit punch (or something similar my memory fails me). He persevered, and became a SR-71 test pilot. This story is truly deeper than the comedy of the LA Speed Check story, which is in itself hilarious. He is an inspiration to me.
It was cherry Kool aid.
Absolute gigachad.
Airman Magazine, mid 70's quoted him as saying it was some nasty tasting beer
Brian Shul's impersonation of air traffic controllers is dead-on.
Great comic talent.
when you hear em enough, talking back in your radio, you tend to pick up people's mannerisms lol
This guy is so smooth and polished and his timing is like a standup comedian. I'm a low time non-IFR private pilot and I sweat everytime I have to use the mic.
On the other hand one of my closest friends is a former AV8 Harrier pilot and I would've liked to hear his readout, "0 knots across the ground."
About once a year I listen to this all over again. A master story teller, and very cool man. Never gets old.
I showed this to my son, an Army veteran and his co worker an Air Force veteran. They roared laughing.
Thank you all for your service.
I come back to videos of this story from time to time. I just found out that Maj. Shul died in May. Rest in peace. What a legend.
RIP.
Fair Seas and Following Winds.
This world is lost for your absence.
Thank you.
I swear listening to that story never gets old. Everytime it pops up in my recommendations I can't keep myself from listening to it.
Same here😉
As a Cessna pilot I promise never to ask for a speed check!!! Great story!!!!!
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
Not that you would need one today, in the age of GPS.
Another legend we lost recently....
Fly high at Mach 3 in Paradise, Sled Driver...
Rest your soul Brian Shul. Thank you for your service. You’ve been an inspiration to so many.
The man was a fighter 'till the end, had a heart attack after a speech.
Clear blue skies, sir!
RIP Brian. You were always a gentleman and a wonderful historian of the Habu... from one of those Navy Pilots who must die. I still cherish every meeting and every book. God's Speed Major Shul!
This is by far my favorite aviation video on UA-cam.
every time I come across it I have to stop and listen
Thank you for sharing!!!!
Check out the A-12 Oxcart video.....You're welcome
The vid with a dog going weightless in the back seat is a close second.
This is just like when someone from the ISS called in to Car Talk.
"This is John from Houston. I drive a government vehicle, and twice, it's done this weird thing. It starts shaking for about 2 minutes, then runs smooth for about 6 1/2 minutes, and at that point, engine dies."
(later) "Where are you calling from?" "I'm, uh, about 200 miles north of Hawaii." "How fast are you going?" "Oh, about 17,500 mph!"
Car Talk - My Government Vehicle Shakes at 17,500 MPH
ua-cam.com/video/moAqzM4ptm8/v-deo.html
@@mychevysparkevdidntcatchfi1489 yep, that's it! I had to find it to be able to write the details.
That would have been a good one for Klik and Klak.
can't stop laughing.
ISS repeatedly trolling Car Talk is legendary...
I've probably heard this story 100 times, just can't get enough of how he tells it so perfectly.
“We bad” Recce pilots everywhere are drooling over this. Gives a new meaning to “Alone, unarmed, unafraid”
Of course they're unafraid...
VERY few missiles can go high enough and ever fewer can go fast enough to catch an SR-71...
A 12 year old reaching for the button beat out by an 11 year old in the back seat. This is a great story.
I heard the story ended with an additional transmission from the tower stating that the planes equipment was probably more accurate then the towers would be Lol
Same. It's a cool story in any case. Those guys were riding the lightning.
Just heard he passed last night. Had to come watch this again!
I used to work at the museum during my college days and I had the honor and opportunity to talk to Brian during my breaks. He's such a humble person and thanks him and all of the talented aviators I met there I'm an aeronautical engineer and a pilot today! I definitely miss those days!
The Blackbird is and always will be, the most beautiful bird I've ever seen. Respect and appreciation to all those fly those birds and all those who keep them safe and in the air!!
If you haven't already, you should look for the book "Sled Driver" which is all about the SR-71.
oobaka1967
Will check that out.
Nia the Gulf Gypsy - I actually think the *A-12* is prettier (the _”racecar”_ CIA model) but that’s just me. There’s a great video of *Frank Murray* giving a talk about the *A-12* here: ua-cam.com/video/MGdxpqqsHl8/v-deo.html
The Blackbird was done flying many years ago and will never fly again. But yeah, it was an incredible accomplishment to design, build, fly and maintain them.
Concorde
The black bird is indeed an amazing aircraft. Even more amazing is the fact that the aircraft was designed entirely by hand. They did not have computer aided design in the days the aircraft was built. You definitely have to respect the engineers who designed such an amazing machine and had to calculate everything manually.
John Reynolds bear hear 👂👍
And am I right in saying that it was designed and built in Only 2years John?
There's a legend that they tried to redo the SR71 with CAD and they couldn't make any changes, it was already perfect.
That's the problem these days to many computers not enough real engineers
@@tonkajjz109 how is that a problem? It's called progress and without computer engineering we would never be able to land a rover on Mars or even colonize space in the future.
Among other things, I have been an Air Force officer, a judge, a law professor, and a karate instructor. I have used this video in many different capacities to make the point that one should never overestimate himself. There's always someone better. This is probably one of my favorite videos on the internet.
Ah, the famous story about how an F-18 pilot left the Navy and joined a monastery. I had been looking for it.
I remember Maj Shul and Walter. I was at Beale from 82'-86' as a avionics tech. The SR-71 was awesome.
Know what would be funny if the space shuttle was entering and they called out a ground speed!!!!
Ron Merkus imagine 10 years from now a space shuttle pilot is telling a story about an sr pilot asking for his ground speed.
That would be very funny
aye... "we show you at Mach 22 over the ground...
Oh boy. That would make everyone piss themselves lool
We are showing. Wait. Am I reading this right? Orbital velocity? no, that ain't right.
Ground control We're reading a little closer to escape velocity
Brian, RIP Brave Warrior. Slow salute rendered. You were a valuable asset to the USAF and even more to this country--the USA. Thank you for everything you did to serve your country and to motivate other people to excel in their lives. I will continue to think of you often. I hope I get to meet you in Paradise when the time comes.
I would love the F-18 pilot to own up, and tell the story from his perspective.
I was a Crew Chief on an F-4G Wild Weasle, and I love this story and have watched it at least 20 times in the last month! Wish I could have rode in this remarkable plane!!!
No slacker Weasels... hat's off to all of you.
This is one of the best stories ever told in my opinion. What a legendary story. Absolutely incredible and unbeatable.
I’ve seen many recordings of this story but I still watch and laugh every time it comes up.
As a private pilot and a former Navy sailor, absolutely love this story…
@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?
That's 2292.353 miles per hour for anyone asking. That's amazing and I came here from other videos to tell others so.
Mach 2.9876777992 :-D
Cory Tollman They were at 89000 feet so Roughly Mach 3.33
Danny Rice I have closer to 2300. Lol.
/r/nobodyasked
Freakn' Awesome!!!
I love this story so much, I must have played it well over a dozen times. Absolute classic, and Brian tells is SO well. Thank you Brian for sharing this FUN bit of the history of the SR-71 - the most beautiful bird ever to reach for the heavens.
I'm sure UA-cam tracks how many times I have watched this video, I've lost count. The story never gets old, leaves me smiling.
I was working at Mather AFB in the late 80s and planes from different bases would do touch and goes. I was watching the line of them come in and I saw in the distance a line with 2 big circles on it.
SR 71 did a touch then punched it and disappeared.
What a beautiful plane. I'll never forget how flat the fuselage looked coming in and how big those engines are.
This is by far my favorite story ever. I must have listened to it so many times, but I still laugh at it every time. When you watch his full speech, you finally understand what he ment by "12 years old". Awesome story!
RIP Brother. Amazing life. Amazing story.
Designed in the 50's and STILL the fastest bird in the air
Lockheed’s website now says the Blackbird is the “fastest acknowledged.”
Rest in peace sir!!! You were an absolute legend and inspiration to all of us!!!
Every now and then, when I need a solid smile on my face, I look for this story. It's a good one
RIP Brian, thanks for the stories
One of the coolest parts of the SR-71 was the engine design. They called it a TurboRamJet engine because of its functionality. It essentially had two different modes, or configurations if you will, depending on the velocity of the aircraft. At higher velocities when it changed modes, the engines would then begin to generate more and more thrust as the aircraft velocity increased. Theoretically unlimited speed so long as the aircraft could handle it. The absolute top speed of the SR-71 is still classified. Incredibly, 2,000kts was nowhere near its top speed. That's just cruising along for them.
I swear back in the day they use to build godly and unparalleled machines
@@calvinlitt4253
With sliderules.
There are unofficial stories from Sr pilots that claim they went as fast mach 4.9. 😳
There are stories from the towers watching them do Mach 5-6 up and down Lake Michigan
Y'know there has been cases of 71's disintegrating mid flight. You have to wonder if cases like that were due to maintenance failures, or the pilots pushing the plane too fast.
RIP Brian, your wings will always meet the clouds ⛅
This Story is the best story I have ever heard. I thought there was no humor left in the military. That it was driven out during basic training.
No humor left in the military? How about recently the EA-18 crew who drew a penis the sky here in Washington state! Now THAT was funny.
And now they're flying rubber dogshit out of Hong Kong.
RickyboyH That was, ironically, a dick move by their commanders.
Not true at all I’m a F-22 crew chief and all the humor is still there
No Humor in boot camp? Hell I had one of my RDC's laughing his ass off. He had this don't look me in the face rule. OK fine. One day he was about 3 inches from my face yelling at me and his last comments were "why are you looking at me! I told you never to look at me?" My reply was "Petty Officer, you are standing 3 inches from me, I have no choice but to look at you!" The compartment was dead quiet at that point and the RDC then started busting up laughing. He forgot what he was yelling at me for at that point. Something about cleaning the floors one more time before we got on the buses to join the fleet.
I was Navy, but this story is still awesome, I was F-14 maintenance, but if I were a Navy pilot even in the F-14, I would have been in awe of that 1900 knot reading.. lol!
Just learned of this man's passing.
RIP legend!
I just finished reading "Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed." Perfect. Hahaha.
Sad to pass this on. Brian passed away May 20 2023. May he rest in peace.
I'm sure he cleared our air space and is well on his way to Paradise and asking St Peter for a speed ✔️
I personally wish our young people knew more about people like Brian and other like him instead of the people they look up to now.
Talk about becoming a crew in that moment. You're the trainer and your trainee is already thinking on your level 😂😂
he was the pilot and the guy in the back did the secret stuff.... other funny note from Brain ...if they ever cought us I say the guy in the back is the spy...I am only the driver :D
I love this story. I heard it a billion times but it’s still awesome every time.
I was stationed in Berlin when the Wall came down, Thursday November 9th 1989. I was working at Allied Checkpoint Charlie that weekend.👍😁😎
Thank you for your service to our country. One citizen who says thanks.
If that is true, I salute your service to your country. o7
From Moscow Idaho to Joplin Missouri is 1,833 miles. It took me three days to make the trpin a car . About 64 hours. In a SR71. 55 minutes. Wow !
I believe the SR-71 crossed the United States, holding the record to do so, from West coast to East coast and did it in 68 minutes.
terraholdingco NYC to London England 1 hr 54 mins 56.4 secs. With a refuel. So you know they were cruising.
I did that in bout 20 hours in my evo
Stan, do you fly cargo 747’s by chance?
@@terraholdingco: I believe the time was closer to 30 minutes or less from L.A. to DC.
I love that presentation. What a brilliant piece of one-upmanship. And a priceless comeback.
Everytime I hear this story, it always brings a smile to my face and this has to be one of my favourites
Can't believe the news. Of all the stories I've heard in my life this is easily top 5. Rip.
Stationed at Edwards AFB back in 73 and the SR71 was out of AF inventory but NASA was flying one or two as research planes. I used to volunteer on graveyard flight line duty just to watch them take off at o500, what a sight!
F/A-18 I’m going 620 knots
SR-71 (sigh) hold my beer
Thanks for the likes everyone
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And you sir... Win the comments on this post.
Forgot the watch this, after gold my beer lol
More like hold my fuel tanker
NASA (sigh)...
I have listened to this a few times. I never get tired of his oratory skills and his story telling prowess.
What an experience it must have been to pilot that insanely awesome piece of art, history, and above all technology !
This story is pure gold! "The king of speed lived, the Navy had been flamed and a crew had been formed that day." :D
Thanks for sharing this clip. I never tire of listening to Maj. Suhl's narrative of 'speed check'.
I am so sorry to hear of his passing. Prayers going out to his family🙏🙏🙏. May his trip to Heaven be at least as fast as his quickest leg in the SR71...
I’ve watched this quite a few times and never gets old.
You know that Hornet driver has gotta be like, "Oh, COME ON!"
I listen to this every few months, just for the smile it puts on my face and to see his
I remember reading about this in “Flying” magazine literally the month after it happened. Instant legend!
This is one of my favorite stories and it never gets old. It always gives me a good chuckle.
THAT WAS ONE OUTSTANDING REPORT, THANKS A BUNCH MAJOR!
Major Brian Shul, you tell one hell of a good story, my friend. Remembering the incident that made you crew mates is, I believe, something you would never forget. Thanks for your service, Major, from a Canadian that grew up in the air force, my second family.
Never gets old, I would still pay to see this, live.
RIP Maijor , Thanks for your servics !
This is one of those stories that just never gets old