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Lockheed''s SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most iconic and famous jets ever built. Assembled in secret at Lockheed''s Skunk Works, the Blackbird''s vital statistics remain phenomenal, decades later. It holds the airspeed record for a manned jet aircraft, operated at an altitude other aircraft could barely touch, and was a marvel of technical engineering. Drawing on declassified material, leading SR-71 expert Paul Crickmore reveals the history of this fascinating aircraft, accompanied by a range of fantastic illustrations, photographs, and facts about the world''s most secret spy plane.

Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations / Introduction / Chronology / A-12 Design and Manufacture / A-12 Oxcart Operations / Tagboard and Senior Bowl, the M-21 and D-21 / Kedlock, the YF-12A / Senior Crown, the SR-71 / Flying the SR-71 / NASA Operations / Surviving Aircraft Histories / Appendices / Index

SR71 Blackbird

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    A Hardback by Paul F. Crickmore

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 19 May 2016
      ISBN-13 9781472813152
      978-1472813152
      ISBN-10 1472813154
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      Military History Politics, Philosophy & Society Air forces and warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Lockheed''s SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most iconic and famous jets ever built. Assembled in secret at Lockheed''s Skunk Works, the Blackbird''s vital statistics remain phenomenal, decades later. It holds the airspeed record for a manned jet aircraft, operated at an altitude other aircraft could barely touch, and was a marvel of technical engineering. Drawing on declassified material, leading SR-71 expert Paul Crickmore reveals the history of this fascinating aircraft, accompanied by a range of fantastic illustrations, photographs, and facts about the world''s most secret spy plane.

      Table of Contents
      List of Abbreviations / Introduction / Chronology / A-12 Design and Manufacture / A-12 Oxcart Operations / Tagboard and Senior Bowl, the M-21 and D-21 / Kedlock, the YF-12A / Senior Crown, the SR-71 / Flying the SR-71 / NASA Operations / Surviving Aircraft Histories / Appendices / Index

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