Airbubba, I put the Jack Mecaham/SR-71 story in the same class as the myth that the guy who designed the P-51 also worked on the Bf-109 design. Some like to massage their history, not the P-51 designer in this case, that story was put about by others, the very fact that Merchams name does not appear on the list of crew members tells all. Had the chief pilot of another company come fly with ours for a period, first time I flew with him the conversation turned to our respective backgrounds, he said he was a ex Vietnam aviator, so asked what unit, where based? Couldn't remember says he. Pull the other one.