TIL That SR-71 pilots sometimes came from bomber aircraft because nobody else had experience in long supersonic flights. A crew taken from a B-58 Hustler ended up setting a world record for longest supersonic flight after flying the SR-71 for over 10 hours... over 15,000 miles. Nonstop.

http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/b58.htm



Submitted March 28, 2015 at 08:17AM by DBivansMCMLXXXVI http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30kawk/til_that_sr71_pilots_sometimes_came_from_bomber/