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Here are some comments on an aviation video I have. I've
taken the liberty of rating each video with 4 stars being the
best.
**** SR-71 BLACKBIRD The Secret Vigil
Aviation Week Video
(c) 1989
(approx 1 hour)
This may be the best video available on the Blackbird! Very
good footage of the planes as well as the preperation of the
crew and the aircraft for the flights. Video contains a
brief review of the U-2 and other planes developed by the
"Skunk Works". The A-12 and YF-12 are also mentioned.
Contains an interesting discussion of the J-58 engine which
runs like a ramjet at high speed. Photographic capability
is reported as being good enough to count the shoe laces from
pictures taken at 80,000'! Brief glimpses of the cockpit and
intrument panels are included (one shot shows an altimeter
reading of 75,100 and still climbing). Former MiG-25 pilot
Viktor Belenko talks about the Soviet impressions of the
Blackbird and their dismay that they could not shoot it down
with anything they had. My impression of the Blackbird is
that it has to be flown and operated by crews that are
extremely detail oriented and who will follow the flight plan
to the letter. No hot-dogging or joyriding allowed! Perhaps
the only part of the film I feel they could have left out are
some short "commercials". However if the production of
videos like this one require funding by companies that want
their name mentioned, then I can't complain. If I could
afford to buy only one video on this plane, this is the one I
would buy!