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Originally Posted by Embraer
We also had a supersonic corridor that traversed my airspace, as an extension of the Edwards complex. It was routine to see experimental aircraft coming in and out of Groom Lake that were most definitely exceeding (by a large margin) Mach 3 in block altitudes of FL550-590. This was circa 2013-2014. In strange bit of black project humor....they would file their flight plan with bogus AC types listed. IE: XXX as the type. Or sometimes something goofy like an F-4 or F-5. Or a T-38. F-16's would be supersonically flying chase, and the "F5" would walk away at well more than twice the speed they were at.
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So these aircraft coming in and out of Groom Lake at well over Mach 3 - these were manned or unmanned? Were you talking to the pilot
in the actual Mach 3++ aircraft? Or, were you talking to a a pilot in a remote station?