The misinformation out there is staggering. Too many movie watchers, not enough book readers, I suppose.

Yep, 13,500 feet. Pax have approx 22 minutes of O2. Also there are a ton of portable bottles for the crew to walk around. People would have been freaking out when those masks dropped. And feeling light headed and euphoric as the cabin passed through 12,500. Older folks and those with respiratory issues would have…

Do you mean me or is there someone else you are talking to? Not sure.

Please do not pay attention to people like Chris Goodfellow who doesn't know what the hell he is talking about.

Thanks Paul for this!

Here is your winner: there is a Pizza-Hut in my hometown of Flint, MI that is now called the Boom-Boom Room which is a hip-hop dance club complete with stripper poles. You can get anything in there. I mean... anything but pizza.

Thumbs up for the Sneakers reference Brian!

LONG LIVE MARS BAR!

What "revelations" did you have in 1978 that this doc didn't provide? Please do enlighten me with all the film + TV that was addressing historical, technical, and scientific discovery at that point in time.

Oh hey, want to see something nutso? The narrator in "Connections" is talking from the top of the WTC in 1977. And he's talking about the blackout of 1965, and how it affected JFK flights, like SAS flight... 911. I mean what... flight 911? Crazy coincidence, eh?

Me too. Connections 2 and 3 aren't nearly as good, which is sad. Have you seen "The Day The Universe Changed" - bit more academic but just fantastic.

Wow, Mike, I thought you'd like it much better. Don't forget this was 1978, almost no one had a computer in their home, used rotary phones, and this show is saying we are ALREADY tech slaves. You don't find that interesting?

Gadget lovers, tech gurus, if you have not seen Connections (1978) especially the first episode: "The Trigger Effect" get ready to have your life changed. It's absolutely essential viewing. We're talking goosebump stuff, here. I was so moved I paid a fortune to get these on VHS before the web made them freely…

You can get close, Jesus, by heading down to World Trade One tomorrow around 1:15. They'll be buzzing by a couple of times at 1000 AGL

Shadows cast by new tall buildings into Central Park. Not good for anyone.

Shadows cast by new tall buildings into Central Park. Not good for anyone.

It is, isn't it!

My buddy Keith S. flew these during the height of the cold war. First time I heard the term "EMP hardened" which means they couldn't be downed with an EMP. Cool.

Those pesky FAA safety regulations!

You guys are great. It's nice to have a civil conversation on the internet for a change. And of course you're right, it's not an SR-71, which I knew, but figured no one else did (what was I thinking?)