XR749 a legend in it's own lunch time
A question that has always puzzled me..... Super hero mike h flew xr749 to infinity and beyond and tells us that the night before he spent the evening polishing his trusty steed just to get a few more kts out of her..... Can you explainl how you polish an aircraft that is painted with a roller brush in Matt grey and green thick paint???? Also the fighter controller who says pilots flew up to fl850 at the end of the lightning force is talking rubbish most flights were up to a maximum of fl 400 perhaps fl 450 as everyone was doing combat at 10.000 feet trying to use up the little fatigue that was left. Having flown the SR-71 and the Ltg I know very well what the difference between fact and fiction is. Please let's not destroy the truth which was pretty awesome with utter BS rgds Scruffy Fanny