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Saturday, February 1, 2025
Crossing the California coast. Five minutes later he's over Nebraska.
I was in the air when a fast mover wanted down. ATC kept 'em high for traffic plus wanting to work out exactly which sector the fast mover would use. I guess a lot of planning and coordination goes into even a little 'ol maneuver like a descent.
Long time ago when I was a Flight Engineer on C-5 Galaxy’s, on entering New York controlled airspace, we heard the call from ATC: “Speedbird, Speedbird, you are cleared cruise climb, all altitudes FL500 and above. Have a safe flight”. Concorde had just taken off and headed east across the Atlantic. Sigh… Wandering Neurons
Supposedly a true story SR-71: Center, CALLSIGN11 request flight level one two zero zero Controller (to himself) 1200? wait, did he mean 120? No, 12,000 ft MSL is too low to be a flight level. Controller: CALLSIGN11, say again request? SR-71: Request flight level one two zero zero Controller (to himself) there's no way that idiot can fly at 120,000 feet MSL. Controller: Sure thing, buddy, You can have one two zero zero all to yourself. SR-71: Roger. Descending.
LA Center this is Aspen 3-0 calling for a ground speed check.
ReplyDeleteBadass monologue
DeleteI was in the air when a fast mover wanted down. ATC kept 'em high for traffic plus wanting to work out exactly which sector the fast mover would use.
DeleteI guess a lot of planning and coordination goes into even a little 'ol maneuver like a descent.
The size of the trees and roads suggest Class E Airspace. Why so low? I think that not CA.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Lake Berryessa.
DeleteNope. Heading north at Turntable Bay at Lake Shasta. That's I-5. The interstate is what threw me.
DeleteStill, why so low? Maybe burning fuel for landing weight.
(Could the Blackbird dump fuel/have such a system?)
Landing at Beale?
DeleteIf he was going fast we wouldn't have this photo.
DeleteLong time ago when I was a Flight Engineer on C-5 Galaxy’s, on entering New York controlled airspace, we heard the call from ATC: “Speedbird, Speedbird, you are cleared cruise climb, all altitudes FL500 and above. Have a safe flight”.
ReplyDeleteConcorde had just taken off and headed east across the Atlantic. Sigh…
Wandering Neurons
Technically speaking at Mach 3.2 it would take 25 minutes to reach the Nebraska state line from the California coast.
ReplyDeleteSixty One years later, no one has designed or built its equal for raw speed of a manned airplane.
ReplyDeleteNemo
Please, the ruskies have better airframes than us now.
ReplyDeleteDad worked in the FAA from the 60s to 1980. He watched one on radar start a turn around DC and finish over GA as it was headed back to the west coast.
ReplyDeleteSupposedly a true story
ReplyDeleteSR-71: Center, CALLSIGN11 request flight level one two zero zero
Controller (to himself) 1200? wait, did he mean 120? No, 12,000 ft MSL is too low to be a flight level.
Controller: CALLSIGN11, say again request?
SR-71: Request flight level one two zero zero
Controller (to himself) there's no way that idiot can fly at 120,000 feet MSL.
Controller: Sure thing, buddy, You can have one two zero zero all to yourself.
SR-71: Roger. Descending.