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Developed for the USAF as reconnaissance aircraft more than 40 years ago, SR-71s are still the world's fastest and highest-flying production aircraft. The aircraft can fly more than 2200 mph (Mach 3+ or more than three times the speed of sound) and at altitudes of over 85,000 feet. As research platforms, the aircraft can cruise at Mach 3 for more than one hour. More»
is the best aircraft ever made. it was the first stealth aircraft ever made and used and as far as i am concerned it still is the best.
By uthought 1180415978 Reply Spam [+8] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethe XR -15 something... achieved a speed of MACH 6
By esne 1185368059 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe X-15 is a rocket plane, powered by rocket engines, unlike the SR-71 which uses a turbine engine.
By MotorCitySarge 1191526288 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeactuelly the blackbird uses a ram jet system with literaly rams the air into the combustion engine(bassically a spark plug)instead of a turbine with compresses the air further for better lift at low altitudes.
By flyfreak 1212814784 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI hope their not playing that music in the pilots pit, he'll fall asleep at the wheel
By pHalcon 1185257091 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeof what?
speed?
performance?
durability?
The truth is, the best aircraft you are concerned with was absolete almost as soon as it was put in service. It's job was to take pictures and spy on the soviets from above. Once space exploration began, the need for aircrafts to take pictures was gone.
If the SR-71 Habu was obsolete when it was put into service, why did they fly it for 27 more years?? The Habu was not retired until 1991, when satellite recon was more efficient. The Habu's mission was not to penetrate foreign airspace to take pictures, but would fly along the border from such an extreme altitude that it could "look into" said country and take pictures with it's cameras and other equipment.
Everyone can argue with me, but I was the crew chief of a KC-135Q tanker assigned to refuel the Habu out of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan from 1977-1980. The Q model tanker, was the only ones allowed to refuel the Habu with JP-7 fuel, a high grade kerosene.
-Sarge
Funny... considering they've pulled three or more of them out of retirement... guess they're just too darned useless to stay in mothballs, eh? :p :)
By jr2onmetacafe 1194659736 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removein the world is a Cessna Caravan, it's just the most reliable and almost as fast as the Blackbird
By ericsheretoday 1193617432 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveSinister and Bad Ass as Hell! To me, this aircraft is truly an amazing example of American engineering at it's absolute finest! Especially when one considers the era in which it was designed and built! Slide rules were the norm. There was NO computer aided anything back then. At least so we know of. It is still an amazing craft. Even by today's standards. It is my All Time personal favorite aircraft! Period!
By JoeGuitarGod 1182983088 Reply Spam [+5] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removedid have a computer in it to help with all of four functions. It helped with high speed stability and was the 1st so equipped
By Sigurd79 1193194941 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveYou do realise that most of it is british designed.
By LeeVal 1185054968 Reply Spam [-2] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveI was unaware of any other country's involvement in the design of the SR-71. All I do know is that it was built, flown, and tested by the SkunkWorks facility here in Southern California, USA. Testing the aircraft was probably more of a "global" effort, however.
By JoeGuitarGod 1185082118 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveTesting was not a global effort.
Former Habu Humper here... google Habu ...
It may or may not have had British designed parts but this was a black level (beyond top secret) project. the American engineers weren't even allowed to tell their wives about it during the design phase.
By Sigurd79 1193195115 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveUh yeah... if you say so LOL
By MotorCitySarge 1191526344 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeto proof of what you are saying. I have a hard time believing uncle Sam would entrust a top secret project out of the country like that. At least at that time before all started sending jobs to India. Nothin' against ya'all but I caint understand yur english!
By rwperkinsjr 1190430955 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveYes the music track is on the bladrunner movie.
But more exactly it's
Artist: Vangelis
Album: Reprise 1990-1999
Released: 2000
Track: Blade Runner:Rachel's Song
Saw a vid on the final flight that set the all time record, the pilot said the plane was never pushed to the limits even in that final flight.
Could anyone please post the title or album of the soundtrack. Thanks
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By sminnian 1191564012 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThis Metal Cafe's stuff's pretty neat..you know Orville and Wilber Wright
By gongshow1 1188019682 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveWas that Clint Eastwood that went into the cockpit at the beginning of the clip? ;-)
By rif42 1182804532 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removethe fastest jet ever made at that time
By shawnking 1180915271 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveBut I hear it was never used much. By the time they had them in production, satelites were in place that could do the job better and cheaper.
By circledance 1180681936 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removei really enjoyed the sound track. a little more technical info on the bird would have made this a five starer for mine.
By waxy01 1180344785 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Remove
Just prior to being de-commisioned as an active US Air Force machine, an SR-71 broke the speed record for a trans-north american flight.
Going 'feet-dry' over the California coast the SR-71 was over the US capitol in Washington DC in just over 58 minutes. That's correct. Over 3000mph.
It used a fuel mixture that was so volitale that if the two chemicals touched, they ignited. Its skin was titanium with ribs in it in order to survive the extreme temperatures that friction with the air caused when you go that fast. This is also why all but the black ones have really cruddy paint. The black paint was a chemical breakthrough that could survive more than one mission.
The blackbird could not fly at 3000 mph. It's engines could not achieve that speed - they weren't designed for it.
"Speed Over a Straight Course (15-25km): 2,193.167 mph SR-71A. "
"SR-71 West Coast to East Coast of USA (National Record-Speed Over a Recognized Course): Coast to Coast Distance: 2,404.05 statute miles...Time: 1 hr 07 min 53.69 secs...Average Speed: 2,124.51 mph"
The fuel was modified JP-7, kerosene basically. It was not hypergolic.
The black paint was a special derivative designed to radiate heat away from the airframe.
the fuel info and the 58 minutes from the west coast to its position over the US capitol | obtained from a book. Once | find the info | will pass it on. | may have the fuel confused with another aircraft in the book.
the speed of the SR-71 Blackbird is classified.
I would venture to guess the original engineers do not know how fast the sled will go.
Without a doubt a fantastic aircraft! What seems to have been forgotten was not only the true capabilities of the aircraft, but the instruments within. Satellites might be able to read something 1 cm, but when SR-71 flew, they didn’t. Thanks to the fine people at Kodak and others for what you don’t know the plane was capable. If you knew what the SR-71 and the people behind her were really capable, you would be impressed with the next generation, and that isn’t a predictable satellite.
By gone2fast 1195361078 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeit can reach a speed of mach 3.3 ...from a japanese artist
By descolada_Virus 1184084802 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeat 72,000 ft it took the intire state of California to myake a "U" turn, no joke
By Keoni99 1181072045 Reply Spam [+1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeis Rachels Song from the Bladerunner soundtrack. In regards to technical info, there are literally hundereds of interesting and unique facts about this bird, to list them here would be impracticle.
By sonicbomb 1180365749 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removebecause of this: "The aircraft flew so fast and so high that if the crew detected a surface-to-air missile launch, the standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. " (taken from wikipedia). Can mig do this?
By Paulius Liekis 1180287594 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeit explains everything how the plane was so great
By tznami 1180418268 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removewhat is the need to develop a specialized aircraft that can do only this, when you could have made a plane similar to the mig25(31)? a mig 31 can carry not only long range missiles, but he also can act as an aerial command post and control other friendly aircraft.
By Rhodesian 1180279917 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveBecause the SR-71 is a more effective reconnaissance than for example the Mig 25(31). The Mig is a big lack in technology, and the SR-71 Blackbird’s stealth is a very good thing, which the mig doesn’t have. So, if you want to spezialize in only reconnaissance, the SR-71 Blackbird is best.
By Version 5 1180288580 Reply Spam [+3] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe SR-71 was stealthy in it's day, but it pales to today's technology. The U.S. now has vehicles that can stay over a target, photographing it undetected for days, if not weeks.
A cool plane, though. Turned me on to the properties of titanium, a 'super metal' if there ever was one.
they're called satellites...lol
By Kramerica 1180325162 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThe former Soviet Union was so tramatised by the fact that the SR-71 flew over it's airspace at will that they tried everything they could think of to shhot it down. They outfitted Mid Foxbats with the largest engines they had and the best air to air missles they had and stationed them at points all over the USSR. When they tried to intercept they did so at full afterburners and still never managed to hit an SR-71. The migs then had to glide back because they burned their engines up in the futile effort. All explained by the mig pilots themselves in the Discovery Channel's "Wings" episode about the SR-71 Blackbird.
By RLC58 1180445232 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removestill today holds world records and if not for the invention of this aircraft there would not be the advances we have today in stealth and technology
By uthought 1180416369 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveThey say it is possible that the missing aircraft were flying so fast they went back in time.
By Debaser 1180444774 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removesr71 is used to monitor UFO activity at high altitude and to get places quikly in order to do so. The reconosense was always a secondary use.
By brad1212 1199843862 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removebut, there will never be such a machine that travels the speed of light, if there was one that went that fast, the speed would rip the pilot apart and the machine would collapse upon itself
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By karlybigbabeqe 1191417140 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removemach 3 is 2400 mph...
but it is still the best plane ever made
if that's what you could build 40 years ago what the hell are you building now. what secrets do you have these days
By n25scott 1184615663 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveOMG look at the landing strip at 1:18!! That's Area 51.. whoa. Guess they used it for experimental aircraft testing rather than UFO storage, after all :)
By jproffer 1182969024 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removea once experimental aircraft, it can go into the stratosphere, higher than any other plane in existence, except for space shuttles which are really a rocket with wings...
By descolada_Virus 1184084711 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down RemoveAlthough, Edwards and Groom lake had similar dry lake runways that were marked out in black similar to this one. My guess, Groom Lake, like you said. And yes, the SR-71 was tested extensivly at Groom Lake. In fact, I witnessed one of the Blue SR-71's fly out from Groom Lake early one morning while camping in the area many years ago. BTW, I don't buy into the conspiricy theory ideas.
By TattiePie 1183517523 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeis and always has been a Aerial design, research and test facility. or atleast, ill believe this until they find little green men and they better be DAMN convincing little green men
By descolada_Virus 1186442678 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removerussia's got a top secret plane thats actualy faster and can travel world in hours, it can take f-22 out easly along with many planes and its features are amazing, so what makes america think they got top technolagie?
By Croatia2007 1182898541 Reply Spam [-1] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removebut russia is stuck in political anarchy and is unable to keep citizens loyal enough to be productive, this jet is old, and newer, faster, and better have been made, but this jet shattered the records at the time, it was the fastest, and most durable plane of its time.
By descolada_Virus 1186442778 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removeif its top secret, how the hell do you know about it and survive?
By descolada_Virus 1186442955 Reply Spam [+0] Moderate Up Moderate Down Removei skeet alll ofter the sr-71
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