SR-71-A NORMAL PROCEDURES
ABBREVIATED CHECKLIST
AIR REFUELING
- CG - CHECKED
- Windshield deice - SET AS NEEDED
- Refuel switch - AIR REFUEL, READY LIGHT ON
- Tank 4 - PRESS ON
- IFF - AS REQUIRED
- Forward xfer - OFF
- Interphone - SET
- TACAN - T/R
- Radios - SET
- Anti-collision lights - FUS
- (Night only) FUS & TAIL - DIM
AFTER REFUELING
- Refuel switch - OFF
- Speeds - CROSSCHECK & MONITOR
- Pre-comuted CG - CHECKED
- Pump release - PRESS, CONFIRM TANKS NORMAL
- Crossfeed - VERIFY CLOSED
- IFF - SET
- EGT - AS REQUIRED
- Windshield deice - OFF
- Anti-collision lights - ANTI-COLLISION
- (Night only) FUS & TAIL - BRIGHT
- Interphone - SET
- ANS distance on HSI - DP/TURN
DURING CLIMB PROFILE TO MACH 3+
- Throttles - MIN AB
- At transonic acceleration - THROTTLES MAX AB
- At Mach 1.7 - Inlet parameters - MONITOR
- Aft bypass - SET (A)
- CG & trim - MONITOR
- At IGV shift (150 DEG C) - IGV SWITCHES TO LOCKOUT
- Aft bypass - SET (B)
- Exterior lights - OFF
- Pitot heat - OFF
- Above FL 500, DEF system - SET (RSO)
- Radar - AS BRIEFED (RSO)
- At FL 600, IFF - MODE C OUT
- At Mach 2.6 - Aft bypass - SET (A) (after forward door closes)
- KEAS bleed - MONITOR
- INS altitude - UPDATE (RSO)
- At Mach 3.0, Aft bypass - SET
- At Mach 3.5, Aft bypass - CLOSE
