Good day, all. After reading over many forums about the SR71 on vatsim, it seems it is accepted. However, after 3 flights a supervisor contacted me referencing the Special Operations policy and this forum regarding high altitude high speed flights. They also mentioned being in a vsoa, but I cant find one that flies it. Is it final, it can’t be flown? or is there a vso I can join that uses the sr71? Note, this was done over the US
Thanks in advance,
Bryce
Interesting reading. I wonder does the SR-71 fall in the same category as the Concorde as i have seen the Concorde on Vatsim a few times.
Flying the SR-71 inherently is not against the CoC. When it comes to supersonic flight with military aircraft, that’s something we will escalate internally and try to clear up in the future, as there seems to be some differences in opinions.
Note that we are aware this is a difficult topic, and the supervisors will enforce it accordingly. If you disagree with the way a supervisor handled a case, or have any questions or concerns regarding this, please do not hesitate to open a supervisor ticket in the VATSIM Support system.
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The SR-71 was operated by USAF, so it is a bit tricky question, when looking at point A13 in the CoC.
Please keep us updated, as I often fly demilitarised WWII aircraft on VATSIM 
Hi I was wondering if there was an update on the matter. After a few connections on the network, I’ve run into multiple people. Being centers and supervisors. The first 3 connections without incident and encouragement, the latter few times I was redirected to Article 13. Yet no VSOA operates the SR-71 or any A-12 derivation from my findings. Is there any update on this “deficiency” in knowledge or can I and others be lead to proper knowledge?
I still have no definitive answer. I did notice someone flying it out of Andrew’s yesterday. I’m sure you can fly it and as long as you are in control, you won’t be in trouble. At most it would be a warning.
That would’ve been me in Andrews lol, but on another note. I was advised to disconnect since I wasn’t in a VSOA, however on my flight plan I had not only filed for the altitude but the speeds.
This was discussed over the VATUSA discord a while ago. The response from someone on the BoG was this:
If you can fly an SR-71 according to civilian rules (< Mach 1 over land, no aerial refueling, etc) you are more than welcome to do so, but given the particulars of flying the SR-71, I doubt you’d be able to do so. There is no restriction on flying above FL600 in of itself. If you can find an aircraft that can do so while following all other civilian rules that is.
This makes sense, thank you. Just terribly inconsistent on the network.