mrmrkester

She's a beauty.

First of all, thank you for doing this AMA! I (and the rest of the world) have always been fascinated by the SR-71. My dad is based out of Dulles, VA, and often tells the story of how when the SR-71 was ferried to Udvar-Hazy it sat out front of a FBO (same one my dad was at) and was guarded 24/7.

I've read that the preflight for the pilots took an amazing amount of time prior to flight and had very unusual procedures. Besides these, did you do anything special to prepare yourself for flight?