{"id":51836,"date":"2015-07-24T11:44:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-24T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/because-your-day-is-not-complete-without-an-sr-71-story.html"},"modified":"2015-07-25T09:46:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T15:46:54","slug":"because-your-day-is-not-complete-without-an-sr-71-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/07\/24\/because-your-day-is-not-complete-without-an-sr-71-story.html","title":{"rendered":"Because your day is not complete without an SR-71 story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#39;s the <i>slowest<\/i> someone ever piloted an SR-71?  Let&#39;s find out!<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Steve Kalman<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>For all pilots<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Story of a SR71 blackbird flyover. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com\/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907\">http:\/\/foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com\/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com\/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/fMfyfE6Mb2ai3jMHxAWMIkqoYM-OtmTE8c_c-ajwowVuzF68GfPM9LYOhPh5rHDJcDEcSP-cUSj7SQYpObGIKYuWRJObhyjtbZaPwAVsWDemEouZ1Lpj3uyTt7Wdp2h3z36bh2ohqFURTeePSQ0d8hdoHB3-YLcTIKooZp6dASdOAdJJPjjWSRBVVETZ_toOG5yTscQSYQ=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com\/the-sr-71-blackbirds-most-spectacular-flyover-was-also-1719654907'>The SR-71 Blackbird&#8217;s Most Spectacular Flyover Was Also Its Slowest<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nOne of the most legendary stories related to the SR-71 Blackbird has nothing to do with how fast or how high it could fly. 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