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hoping somehow to keep her alive, but soon she was swallowed by a bright blue sky. Though the jet was miles away and out of sight, I could still hear the faint rumble of the J-58s. I returned to the squadron when the sound of the <strong>Sled</strong>'s engines could be heard no longer at Beale.
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Flying the World's Fastest Jet by B
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CHAPTER IV Going Operationa1 . Supp
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Introduction In 1966, I was still i
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The cockpit was my office. It was a
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CHAPTER I First Meeting When I was
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Only with a feeling closely resembl
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The Buick V-8 Start Cart. Tetraethy
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In the run-up area, a Sled waits fo
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Mach indicator read 13.' Throughout
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A crew is formed: Brian and Walter,
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There was much to learn, and the bo
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J-58 casing glows red from intense
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Full thrust on takeoff- a sight and
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The "B", the only Sled on the ramp
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the cockpit passing through 52,000
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can slip into the blood stream. Thi
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straw to my mouth through a small o
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military jets I had flown. Normally
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The final closing of the canopy pri
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Regardless of the weather or the mi
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25,000 feet. Normally, military jet
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at refueling in the B-model were hu
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Sled driver's view of the approachi
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Streaked with fuel, a satisfied Bla
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THE DEEP BLUE It felt good to level
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SYSTEMS Though the RSO was responsi
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Mach 3 if the autopilot failed, as
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eflections and could more easily se
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"We did Nebraska in 7Y2 minutes tod
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Passing by Mount Lassen the rigors
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She was an armful in the landing pa
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Sled taxis in after flight. Open dr
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f"' Once training was completed, th
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The HABU patch was a prized collect
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Page 89 and 90: Climbing out on a foggy day in Engl
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Page 97: THE UNPREDICTABLE One night near th
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Page 116 and 117: CHAPTER VI On Display I was fortuna
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Page 134: FINAL ROAR On March 6, 1990, the SR
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