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Originally Posted by widebody911 View Post
Here's another interesting SR71 story

SR-71 Break-Up
Weaver is a legend..."The cumulative effects of system malfunctions, reduced longitudinal stability, increased angle-of-attack in the turn, supersonic speed, high altitude and other factors imposed forces on the airframe that exceeded flight control authority and the Stability Augmentation System's ability to restore control..."

The amazing thing about the SR-71 is that it flew in an environment pitifully merciless to any and all lapses, over and over.

Great plane flown by really good pilots.
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