A Question (controversial?)

[DoodlyDo]

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[sr71plt]

I believe that's not acceptable on stories. I think you can put links in your signature line on the forum (I think it's against the rules, but folks are doing it and getting away with--I have book covers in my sig line, but they don't link anywhere). You can mention you are in the marketplace in your story list bio too (I reference Smashwords and Amazon and link to a publisher's Web site). And you can certainly advertise your e-book launches in the marketplace in the sticky "Literotica Authors and their Books" at the top of the Authors' Hangout forum--but only if you have stories posted to Literotica already.

 

[DoodlyDo]

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[sr71plt]

Thanks for your thoughts!

When you say bio, do you mean your bio here on the forums (I see the link to your site) or do you also mean your bio on literotica.com (not the forum)?

If you do it on Literotica as well, could you post a link to your bio on there?

Thanks!

The bio on your story submissions page. You have one of those whether or not you have stories listed yet.

This is the link to mine (I hope): http://www.literotica.com/stories/memberpage.php?uid=721539&page=bio

 

[DoodlyDo]

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[sr71plt]

Ok, cool! Yes, that's more or less what I meant. Thanks for the link.

But...

But...

But...

A Blackbird pilot? No stinking way! Bad ass. Absolutely bad ass! If that is for real... you, sir, are the man!!! Unbelievable.

And if that's not just fluff (after all, that's kind of what we do, right?), thank you for your service. You did a scary job for the country.

Did it ever so briefly, ages ago, with the training lasting longer than the service--during the Vietnam war when civilian pilots were needed for a short time over nonbelligerent airspace (think Francis Gary Powers and the U2 over Russia).

 

[DoodlyDo]

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[sr71plt]

Still, absolutely amazing. What an experience that must have been. Certainly something to be proud of! I'm honored to talk to someone with a life experience like that. If memory serves, there are only about 500 people who can say that they flew a Blackbird.

Pretty neat. And I just got your name, sr71plt.

Out of curiosity, since you mention being a civilian... did you ever let her loose? I mean, mach 3?

The number I've heard is 82, but that doesn't include the civilians (and I'm not real sure of the dating of that number). I only did what the bird was programed to do. You mostly were looking at coordinates to make sure the bird was positioned where it should be to snap photos. That and being scared shitless. I got back to ground operations as soon as I could. I was flying Cessna 172s when they threw me into that program and sent me off to Offutt--and then Udorn and Kadena.

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

He's not the only one if you accept six degrees... My trainer and field manager was ex maintenance engineer in Cyprus, I think(?) for these things - it was a while ago.

(Just had to delete something here!!! So I did.)

 

[Desiremakesmeweak]

I'm way too young to have been personally involved in Blackbirds. (Loved to be able to say that!)

 

[DoodlyDo]

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[Hypoxia]

One of my older classmates in the late 1970s in a college next to a rather huge military base never actually *said* he flew the SR71 but he once mentioned flying coast-to-coast in a little over an hour, so I drew that conclusion.