Legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul tells the story behind his famed SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check – The Aviation Geek Club
“‘Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?’ There was a longer than normal pause … ‘Aspen, I show 1,942 knots,’” “Sled Driver” Brian Shul, SR-71 Blackbird pilot. As every aviation geek knows, legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul passed away in the night of May 20, 2023 in Reno, Nevada, at age …