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"How The SR-71 Blackbird Works," by Animagraffs
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<blockquote data-quote="James Snover" data-source="post: 17018610" data-attributes="member: 67454"><p>Yep, you had to be married. And they interviewed you, your wife, and your kids and immediate family. If you passed that, you had to go and spend two weeks with some pilots and crews, just to see if you were the kind of guy who could get along with others, or if you were one of those assholes who wrecks everything they get into by turning people against each other.</p><p></p><p>The other neat thing: most Blackbird pilots were not fighter pilots! There were some, yes. But they found that most fighter pilot's mentalities did not fit with the program's needs. They needed guys who could think ahead, plan, and execute a plan. In the end, a lot of the pilots were taken from transport and heavy hauler pilots.</p><p></p><p>The other wild thing: The Blackbird was the mission. If something went wrong and could not be resolved, they turned around and brought it back, or diverted. In most military activities, the mission is the important thing. Lives and equipment can be sacrificed to achieve the mission. Unless you were flying the Blackbird. The plane was the mission, and had to be protected and preserved over everything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Snover, post: 17018610, member: 67454"] Yep, you had to be married. And they interviewed you, your wife, and your kids and immediate family. If you passed that, you had to go and spend two weeks with some pilots and crews, just to see if you were the kind of guy who could get along with others, or if you were one of those assholes who wrecks everything they get into by turning people against each other. The other neat thing: most Blackbird pilots were not fighter pilots! There were some, yes. But they found that most fighter pilot's mentalities did not fit with the program's needs. They needed guys who could think ahead, plan, and execute a plan. In the end, a lot of the pilots were taken from transport and heavy hauler pilots. The other wild thing: The Blackbird was the mission. If something went wrong and could not be resolved, they turned around and brought it back, or diverted. In most military activities, the mission is the important thing. Lives and equipment can be sacrificed to achieve the mission. Unless you were flying the Blackbird. The plane was the mission, and had to be protected and preserved over everything else. [/QUOTE]
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