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Old 9th Apr 2014, 21:50
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Willard Whyte
 
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As I recall the SR-71 was not an exit by an Ejection Seat but was an ejection of the Seats and Occupants following the aircraft going unstable following an engine failure and breaking up.
M3.0+ inlet unstart?

Only a couple of years until the 50th anniversary of that accident.

Mach 3.2, 100K' altitude, Russian titanium, first flew (in A-12 guise) in '62. Remarkable aeroplane.

http://www.barthworks.com/aviation/sr71breakup.htm

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