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Did SR-71s have a switch for seat height adjustment for the pilot or were there strict height requirements in order to fly it?
According to the POH the pilot could indeed move the seat up and down
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Its worth noting that the SR-71 was a spy plane and visibility from the cockpit was not necessarily a critical aspect of ...
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