Complete Book of the SR-71 Blackbird (eBook)

The Illustrated Profile of Every Aircraft, Crew, and Breakthrough of the World's Fastest Stealth Jet

Richard H. Graham (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
288 Seiten
Zenith Press (Verlag)
978-1-62788-809-7 (ISBN)

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The ultimate guide to the history, development, manufacture, modification, and active service of all fifty models in the SR-71 program. At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had to wear full-pressure flight suits similar to what was used aboard the space shuttle. Developed by the renowned Lockheed Skunk Works, the SR-71 was an awesome aircraft in every respect. It was withdrawn from use in 1998, when it was superseded by satellite technology. Twelve of the thirty-two aircraft were destroyed in accidents, but none were ever lost to enemy action. Throughout its thirty-four-year career, the SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft. It set world records for altitude and speed: an absolute altitude record of 85,069 feet and an absolute speed record of 2,193.2 miles per hour. The Complete Book of the SR-71 Blackbird covers every aspect of the SR-71's development, manufacture, modification, and active service from the insider's perspective of one of its pilots and is lavishly illustrated with more than 400 photos. Former pilot and author Richard Graham also examines each of the fifty planes that came out the SR-71 program (fifteen A-12s; three YF-12s; and thirty-two SR-71s) and tells each plane's history, its unique specifications, and where each currently resides.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.8.2023
• Vorwort: Frank Stampf
• Zusatzinfo: 320 color & 116 b-w photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 250 x 250 mm
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: A12 • America • American • aviation • Blackbird • Black Jet • Cold War • famous spy plane • fastest airplane ever • fastest airplane ever built • highest airplane ever • highest airplane ever built • History • Lockheed • Lockheed Skunk Works • Lockheed SR71 • Lockheed SR71 Blackbird • Seattles Museum of Flight • Smithsonian Air and Space Museum • Spy • spy plane • the U.S.S. Intrepid in New York City • United States • World record • worldrecord holder • world records • WrightPatterson Air Force Museum • YF12
• ISBN-10: 1-62788-809-8 / 1627888098
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62788-809-7 / 9781627888097