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The story of the first SR-71 crew to deploy a Blackbird in Japan that landed at Kadena two hours before the take off from Beale beating the sun. (Col Richard (Butch) Sheffield's daughter, Col. Sheffield was an SR-71 Reconnaissance Systems Officer) Facebook Page Habubrats for awesome Blackbird's photos and stories. Photo credit: U.S. Air.
Lockheed Blackbird SR71 The Fastest, HighAltitude Reconnaissance Aircraft
The SR-71 was the first titanium-built aircraft. It was designed to fly at high speeds and high altitude while using its array of sensors, cameras and other equipment to collect intelligence on.
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The SR-71 was developed as a long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at speeds over Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet. The first SR-71 to enter service was delivered in 1966 and due to politics, it was retired in 1990.
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Each time the SR-71 refueled, the crew had to descend to the tanker's altitude, usually about 6,000 m to 9,000 m (20,000 to 30,000 ft), and slow the airplane to subsonic speeds. As velocity decreased, so did frictional heat. This cooling effect caused the aircraft's skin panels to shrink considerably, and those covering the fuel tanks.
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The two-seat cockpit of the SR-71, an aircraft designed for stealth, was a tight fit for the crew, who wore bulky spacesuits designed for their high-altitude missions. NASM, SI
Crew of SR71 before their 68min recordbreaking coasttocoast flight to deliver the plane to
A12/YF12/SR-71 Crewmembers/VIP and Staff Flights. Crew members Only. Pilot Names and Qualifying Dates. Reconnaissance System Operator Names and Qualifying Dates. Crewmembers that flew 300 Hours in the SR-71 Aircraft. Crewmembers that flew 900 Hours in the SR-71 Aircraft. Crewmembers that flew 1,000 Hours in the SR-71 Aircraft
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Notes: 1 - Always listed at 26 April 1962, but one source who was there at the time and witnessed the "flight" remembers the date as April 25, as it was his brother's birthday. Kelly Johnson himself lists April 25 in his History of OXCART paper. 2 - Listed in the original Buddy Brown book as #22, with a date of 20 February 1965, Beswick's first flight in the A-12 Trainer aircraft was 12.
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A typical Blackbird reconnaissance flight might require several aerial refueling operations from an airborne tanker. Each time the SR-71 refueled, the crew had to descend to the tanker's altitude, usually about 6,000 m to 9,000 m (20,000 to 30,000 ft), and slow the airplane to subsonic speeds. As velocity decreased, so did frictional heat.
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The SR-71 was also covered in a black stealth paint, which resulted in it's nickname. (The A-12 had originally a grey titanium colour) The SR-71 named Blackbird or Habu was build in Lockheed's Palmdale facility, were it made it's first flight on 23 December 1964. 61-7956, SR-71B. 61-7956, SR-71B. 61-7980, SR-71A.
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In 1976, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird broke the world's record for sustained altitude in horizontal flight at 25,929 meters (85,069 feet). The same day another SR-71 set an absolute speed record of 3,529.6 kilometers per hour (2,193.2 miles per hour), approximately Mach 3.3. As the fastest jet aircraft in the world, the SR-71 has an impressive collection of records and history of service.
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Blackbird Aircraft Crews These photos are of the brave men and women who crewed the A-12, SR-71 and YF12 airframes. Click on a photo to see any details. Some photos contain information from the Blackbird crew's record.
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And the aircraft was a U.S. Air Force spy plane called the SR-71. Forty years ago, in 1976, the Lockheed jet nicknamed the Blackbird broke the world absolute speed record - flying 2,193 mph -.
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At the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia, retired U.S. Air Force pilot Maj. Gen. Eldon "Al" Joersz and Lt. Col. George "GT" Morgan climbed into the cockpit Thursday of their Lockheed.
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An SR-71 always lands with an eleven-degree nose-high attitude, deploys a drag parachute, and then eases the nose down for a smooth landing. On this particular landing, however, the nose went down, and the plane started to vacillate left and right and knock out the right generator.
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NASA The specific ore, utile ore, used to create titanium is found in few parts of the world. It's a sandy soil that's difficult to locate. One of the largest supplies is in Russia. The U.S. purchased much of the ore used to produce the SR-71 airframe from Russia through foreign countries and third party companies.
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The SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft was the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft and the most advanced member of the Blackbird family developed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation's clandestine "Skunk Works" division. Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the SR-71 remained the world's highest-flying operational aircraft.