Key.Aero’s Dino Carrara interviewed pilot Ed Yeilding to hear about his time assigned to the SR-71 Blackbird. In this video he describes setting the US coast-to-coast speed record and the problems in-flight that almost thwarted the attempt
"When Congress voted to retire the Blackbird in December 1989 we were all really sad that the aeroplane was being retired. Many museums around the country wanted a Blackbird for display, including the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC.
