10/16/2023
Late one evening, Los Angeles Centre received a request for clearance to FL600 (60,000 ft). The incredulous controller, with obvious disdain in his voice, responded "How do you plan to get up to 60,000 feet?
The Blackbird crew responded, "We don't plan to go up to it, we plan to descend to it."
Their clearance was promptly issued without further delay.
I don’t think this happened, but it makes a good story. Linda Sheffield.
