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Leg 55.3 : Selcuk-Efes (LTFB) to Ataturk (LTBA)


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Well, it turns out I was running a little late, so I needed something a little faster.

O.K. A LOT faster:

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Ahhh, the SR-71.  Yet another example of Kelly Johnson's genius.

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I found the lights fairly easily this time, despite having never flown this aircraft.  Although, it take a bit of hunting and pecking to get the engines started.

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Hmm...  I hope this runway is long enough.  The team would be awfully upset if it were to run it off the end of the runway.

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Sheeeooooot, no problem!

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Climbing and accelerating very nicely.

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Mach 3.36!!  I think I could have gotten more, but I was starting to hear some strange sounds and throttle back a touch.

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But still unbelievably fast!  It occurs to me I should have taken a video of this flyby.  It was...well, fast!

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194 miles and something like 20 minutes -- including climb descent and landing!  I think the en-route part of the flight was under 10  minutes.

I had to do a few S turns to get her slow enough to land.

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Almost went down too early, not being familiar with the low speed performance.  But, never fear, the baton is safe!

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Oh yeah!

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Here you go Chuck, the baton is in this old bag here.

 

 

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I’m looking at my screenshots above on my iPad and they all look VERY dark.  They look fine on my PC; I hope you can see them ok.

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17 minutes ago, Goblin said:

I’m looking at my screenshots above on my iPad and they all look VERY dark.  They look fine on my PC; I hope you can see them ok.

Well it was very secret operation!

Thanks Mike for an interesting combination of vehicles! I have to say I enjoy pottering along as you did in your first.

We press on, and thanks again Mike for transporting the baton to our next location.

Cheers,

Joe 

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