An aviation research and analysis expert recounted a story to The Aviation Geek Club involving former Blackbird pilot Brian Shul a few years ago. According to expert Tim Yarrow, Shul actually flew the SR-71 past its Mach 3.2 “limit” over Libya in the mid-1980’s:
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A celebration of life is planned for Friday in Marysville to honor and remember Brian Shul, a former SR-71 pilot, published author and noted photographer who died in late May.
Brian Shul, a retired Air Force major who modestly described himself as "a survivor" rather than a hero, after he was downed in a Vietnamese jungle, where he nearly died before rebounding to pilot the world s fastest spy plane, died on May 20 in Reno, Nevada. He was 75.