SR-71 pilot, the L.A. speed check story

For everyone of us who's thought about becoming an airplane pilot, or dreamed of it while watching Top Gun, or some other movie, here's a real SR-71 Blackbird pilot with one great little story.  Major Brian Shul (ret.) tells this story, that happened high above California, and I've always seen it tagged on YouTube as the "L.A. speed check story."  For those of you who don't know what the SR-71 is, here's a clip of one flying.  As futuristic as these planes still look, they actually flew from 1964 to 1998.  Top speed was Mach 3.5, which translates to roughly 2,663 miles per hour at sea level, though less at the high altitudes these flew at.