On: SR-71 Blackbird Flight Manual

[justlearning]

you should watch James May(top gear)as he goes to the edge of space in one of these: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6cZLfK4Zjk

[pmjoyce → justlearning]

That's a U-2, not an SR-71

[justlearning → pmjoyce]

thank you for correcting. I thought they were from the same 'family'. too late to delete my comment.

[herdrick → justlearning]

Both come from Lockheed's 'Skunk Works' and they applied a lot of what they learned on the U2 to the SR71, so you're not so far off.