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The SR-71 Blackbird Disaster at 78,000 Feet: How One Pilot Fell from Space and Survived - Our American Stories

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On this episode of Our American Stories,  When an SR-71 Blackbird disintegrated mid-air at over 2,000 mph, pilot Bill Weaver was ejected at a speed and height few humans have ever survived. He thought he was dead, but the story that followed became one of the most remarkable survival moments in aviation history. The History Guy shares it.

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The SR-71 Blackbird Disaster at 78,000 Feet: How One Pilot Fell from Space and Survived - Our American Stories