BubbaRay says:

bobbo, more tech for a pastry chef? Where are the recipes? said, on July 2nd, 2010 at 3:21 pm

I’m in the mood. Here’s another basic skills question: “You are over a mountain range with no where to land. You lose all your engines. What do you do?” If you don’t get the answer correctly, you don’t get to fly the SR-71.

Even if you can’t get the General on the horn, you wait until the aircraft is below 15K feet and 220 knots and then you eject. Screw the plane, the government will buy you a new one. Uh, you meant “nowhere?” OK, same answer.

I’ll take the BD-5J, thanks. It doesn’t leak all over the hanger.

* SR-71 Maximum speed: Mach 3.2+ (2,200+ mph, 3,530+ km/h, 1,900+ knots) at 80,000 ft (24,000 m) Stall speed between 180 kt. and 250 kt., still unpublished.

* Range: 2,900 nmi (5,400 km)
* Ferry range: 3,200 nmi (5,925 km)
* Service ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
* Rate of climb: 11,810 ft/min (60 m/s)
* Wing loading: 94 lb/ft² (460 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.382