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Her dad was an RSO and had been working on a book before he died. She tells a lot of the stories he planned for the book.

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/sr-71-rso-recalls-when-he-and-his-pilot-had-a-catastrophic-engine-failure-at-mach-2-88-at-68000-feet-and-tells-how-they-were-able-to-land-their-crippled-blackbird/amp/
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Excellent, thanks for the link!
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Last summer, I went to see our son, I went to the USS Intrepid and saw an SR-71. I asked our guide why the tires were white, but he did not know. I found out later.
For some reason I recall hearing that the tires were impregnated with aluminum to withstand the heat of landing or some such techno reason.

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