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https://youtu.be/8AyHH9G9et0 If anyone wants the full experience
The plane sped up by 100 knots between the text and recording :p
Sled Driver is a great book also if you're into that sort of thing.
It's a famously difficult (or at least expensive) book to find in person. I have a PDF copy of it.
Several years ago I met a U-2 pilot, and naturally we talked about the SR-71. I mentioned I had a PDF copy of Sled Driver. His eyes lit up and said he'd been looking for at least a digital copy forever. I sent him the PDF, and in thanks he invited me to the base and showed me all around the U-2 stuff; the vacuum chamber, the room in which they suited up, the planes on the ground, and most impressively took me in the chase car for a U-2 that was practicing touch-and-gos.
That's a once in lifetime experience. I'm jealous.
Here's a peek of what I saw.