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Originally Posted by fingpilot
This is me, first hand account
The hair on my arms sticks straight up, even now as I type this.
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So cool.
Mine, not related to the SR-71, happened at China Lake in the late 80's.
I had finished my flight test period against the ship site and requested a free period in the upper test range, the electronic test range in a valley, heavily instrumented.
I was told a B-1 was working the upper range so no go.
The Navy version of the Blackhawk was new at the time so in a few minutes , while I was RTB, Range control told me the B-1 was ops complete and they wanted a fly by.
We worked out the specifics has I roared to the range at 120kts; ground speed MF'ers...
The B-1, this is 1986, and I manged to fly parallel for about .2 seconds at 200ft agl down the range, 500ft apart. I can still see his ass at 90 degrees, straight up just after he flew by.
Aviation grab ass.