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Originally Posted by Quickstep192
When I saw the SR71 at Udvar Hazy, I was told that the SR71 "cheated" a little bit. They few out west over the ocean and then turned back so they crossed the coast line at speed, slightly shortening the coast-to-coast time. Still pretty darn speedy though.
If you like that sort of thing, Udvar Hazy is a very cool place.
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the Blackbird takes off light with a low fuel load and catches a tanker to top off before continuing the mission