kb6kgx wrote:
A friend of mine, who has listened to ATC comms for decades, was listening this one time and heard an SR-71 pilot calling this particular center. The pilot was requesting clearance to 60,000.
He wasnt requesting clearance to go UP to 60,000, but rather to come DOWN to it. One can only imagine how high he was, but the ATC asked the pilot to repeat the request just be be sure.