[t6dpilot]

That bird was way ahead of its time. An amazing machine for sure. I was at Edwards AFB for the 50th anniversary of Yeager breaking the sound barrier. They were doing a big airshow and shindig and we were there as special VIP's doing TPS checkouts the next week in a Lodestar. So we got a bunch of "backstage" access. I stood out on the taxiway at the departure end of the runway next to the SR-71 that was preparing to fly in the show. The GPU cart has two GM 454 V-8 motors (iirc) and that aircraft weeps so much fuel on the ground it is amazing. From every pore...

Even got to fly the SR-71 sim. Kinda cool, but standard rate turns take FOREVER and many states/countries.