I used to know a guy that flew the Blackbird from Mildenhall in Suffolk.His name is Blair Bozek and I fondly remember one of his statements.......I asked him, what do you do if they fire a missile at you?He answered in his best American accent, "Aw we just out run it".SR71 magic, eh? Top Speed is 'STILL' classified information!

Great story Dave :-lol I quite fancy recreating the 1972 New York to Mildenhall run to see if I can get anywhere near breaking the 1 hour 54 mins record for transit.

>Great story Dave :-lol I quite fancy recreating the 1972 New>York to Mildenhall run to see if I can get anywhere near>breaking the 1 hour 54 mins record for transit. Yeah Blair was featured in a couple of ducumentaries, back seat Reconnaisance Officer behind his pilot Dan House. They were both part of the 'Det-4' detachment at Mildenhall.

Dave - Do you have any details on the exact route of that record breaking flight in Sept 74 (not 1972 as I mentioned above)? I am assuming it was pretty much a straight line between New York and London (not Mildenhall as said above) on a map. Would like to recreate it as exactly as possibble in FSX. Thanks..... Mark

Mark, no I haven't. All I can tell you is that it was probably a straight line at 85,000ft where the Blackbird had no other traffic problems ;-)Still is the highest and fastest air breathing jet aircraft ever used.

Hi Guys,Take a look at Leland Haynes superb SR-71 site!http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/la001.html and more importantly this link here for maps and crew maps:http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/srspee~1.htmThe upward curvature being a shorter distance than a straight line across the atlantic.I'm glad you like the plane, I certainly am very fond of it and we made every effort to get the flight modelling as per the dash one. What a ride the real life crews had......I can only imagine the actual feeling of all that power by using flight simulator - real life must have been something else!Don't forget there is a flight plan including from Kadena AB around the periphery of the Russian coast and Vladivostok, and also Beale AFB inlcuding AI KC-135Q and U2s available at our Alphasim site.Best regards,David AKA Alphasim-Quid21

David, I can only tell you that 'Blair' as was all the crews dedicated to 'their' aircraft and literally lived, breathed and eat their jobs!On a VIP visit we got invited to at Mildenhall, while chatting to them in the billets, a couple of Dutch F-16 pilots dropped in after being diverted to there from a cancelled 'display' somewhere and the 'Habu' crews were joking that, their Missions weren't just a 'kick-the-tyres-and-jump-aboard' thing, they actually prepared for their jobs hours before.

David Many thanks for the link to the detailed maps of the speed runs, they were exactly what I was looking for :-beerchug

No problem - I'd be interested to see how you get on!! Remember to descend for refuelling at real life subsonic refuelling track length - but I'm certain the record can be achieved - and if the refuelling tracks are too short exceeded!!Post back when you've done it so we can see what time!CheersDavid AKA Alphasim-Quid21

Where can one get this plane? Is it payware or freeware? Thanks

 

Carl

Carl,

 

I believe this is the payware version from Glowingheat:  http://www.fspilotshop.com/glowingheat-blackbird-p-2846.html?reviews_id=7308&osCsid=d8b9a9b10c72208f76e635a7162dacd2

 

Brian