YouTuber Courtney Coulston reacts to hearing the now infamous "LS Speed Check" Story, as told by SR71 pilot and author of the highly sought after book "Sled Driver Flying the World's Fastest Jet", Brian Shul.

The SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying air-breathing operational manned aircraft throughout its career. On 28 July 1976, SR-71 serial number 61-7962, piloted by then Captain Robert Helt, broke the world record: an "absolute altitude record" of 85,069 feet (25,929 m). Several aircraft have exceeded this altitude in zoom climbs, but not in sustained flight. That same day SR-71 serial number 61-7958 set an absolute speed record of 1,905.81 knots (2,193.2 mph; 3,529.6 km/h), approximately Mach 3.3. 

SR-71 pilot Brian Shul states in his book "The Untouchables" that he flew in excess of Mach 3.5 on 15 April 1986 over Libya to evade a missile.

THE ORIGINAL LA SPEED CHECK STORY : 

Brian Shul has many amazing stories about flying the SR-71 Blackbird, or the "Sled" as it was affectionately called by it's crews. Another such story is the equally entertaining story titled "Buzzing The Tower" Told by Pilot  Maury Rosenberg recalls the time he performed a fly-by of the Sacramento tower ala Top Gun style.