The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. It was operated by both the United States Air Force (USAF) and NASA. This was a 5-day project that I imp...
The Lockheed Martin SR-71 “Blackbird” is one of the most unique and iconic aircraft of all time. Developed in the 1960s to fly faster and higher than all other airplanes and missiles of the time, the SR-71 holds world records for sustained altitude (85,069 feet) and speed (2,193.2 ...
I love that the blackbird can be put through almost anything. I got huge reactions from my friends and parents, however there are some downsides. - I constently got ink all over my hands that could not be washed off. - although it takes almost no time to teach yourself the basic rou...
Lockheed’s SR-71 Blackbird first flew in 1964 and was decommissioned in 1999. Not known until the mid nineties is that the SR-71 was developed from the top secret Lockheed A-12. The A-12, project Oxcart, was build for the CIA as high speed and high alti
My job was to maintain, inspect, launch and recover the SR-71 Blackbird. From the moment I found out I was to be assigned to the secret Blackbird, to the day I left the organization, it was a love affair to last a lifetime. Each and every launch was a sight to behold. The ...
It's not strictly car news, but if you like fast things and stunning feats of engineering, you need to know this: Lockheed Martin is developing a successor to the SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest aircraft in history. If you're not now jumping up and down and screaming with excitement, you...
000 feet however, physiological failure is instantaneous and fatal. There are some who will read this and think that only the crew of the space shuttle would face a more drastic risk. This is not true. At that altitude, the physiological risk to the shuttle and the Blackbird crews is ...
Question 1: What was the mission of the SR-71 Blackbird? Matthew Burchette — Museum of Flight:The Blackbird was developed as a high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. It was outfitted with an advanced synthetic aperture radar system, an optical bar camera...
The result was the Blackbird family of jets, including the operational SR-71 — an aircraft that remains the fastest operational military plane ever to take to the sky. You could make a list of 1,000 amazing facts about the SR-71 without breaking a sweat — but here are three even a...
SH: Your tech support for the Blackbird was 24/7, and always there, in other words? RM: Absolutely. SH: What was it like when you finally got to fly it for the first time? RM: You waddle out there in your spacesuit, carrying your little cooler because it gets quite hot in that ...