SR-71 Blackbird sets speed record, September 1, 1974Jessica MacNeil
An SR-71 pilot describes what it's like to fly the legendary Blackbird at Mach 3: 'You don't have any sensation of speed' The all-weather Blackbird is arguably one of the most famous and high-tech aircraft in the world. The '60s-vintage, Mach 3+, titanium-constructed machine c......
Type of record: Speed over a closed circuit of 1 000 km with 1 000 kg payload Performance: 3 367.22 km/h Date: 1976-07-27 Course/Location: Beale Air Force Base, CA (USA) Claimant Adolphus Bledsoe (USA) Aeroplane: Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” (17958) ...
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is the fastest jet ever built, a machine so far ahead of its time even its own pilots thought it looked more like a spaceship than an airplane. It is an engineering marvel, powered by innovative engines that operated most efficiently at Mach 3.2, its typical...
Daniel Brown
The paper presents the conceptual design of high-speed supersonic aircraft. The study focuses on SR-71 (Blackbird) aircraft. The input to the conceptual design is a mission profile. Mission profile is a flight profile of the aircraft defined by the customer. This paper gives the SR-71 ...
SpeedThe paper presents the conceptual design of high-speed supersonic aircraft. The study focuses on SR-71 (Blackbird) aircraft. The input to the conceptual design is a mission profile. Mission profile is a flight profile of the aircraft defined by the customer. This paper gives the SR-71 ...
During the Cold War, the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane could fly higher and faster than any other – and 55 years after its first flight, it still does.
Julia Calderone