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	SR-71 Blackbird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fictional Blackbird's crew capacity and VTOL capability significantly distance it from the factual SR-71.
		Before the Blackbird was to be announced by Lyndon B. Johnson on February 29, 1964, LeMay lobbied to modify Johnson's speech to also read SR-71 instead of RS-71.
		An SR-71 is featured in Matthew Reilly's 2003 novel Scarecrow
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SR-71 (3874 words)

	Lockheed SR-71
		fter the Air Force began to operate the SR-71, it acquired the official name Blackbird-- for the special black paint that covered the airplane.
		Blackbird crews provided important intelligence about the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and its aftermath, and pre- and post-strike imagery of the 1986 raid conducted by American air forces on Libya.
		The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/lockheed_sr71.htm (1602 words)

	Engineering: Blackbird
		Orignally, it was an SR-71 Blackbird by Lockheed, modified to carry 14 passengers.
		The second Blackbird was confiscated by Bastion during Operation: Zero Tolerance, and the X-Men since returned to using the original Blackbird, which had been hidden in the lake on Xavier's property.
		Presumably another Blackbird was commissioned upon Professor X's return to the team, although the plethora of Skrull craft the X-Men have acquired in recent months may have rendered that unnecessary.
	www.mutanthigh.com /tech/blackbird.html (404 words)

	Dan's Blackbird Page
		The Blackbird program began as a project called "Archangel" eventually resulting in the single-seat A-11 (which evolved into the more stealthy A-12, code named OXCART) flown by civilian CIA pilots, an interceptor version called the YF-12A, and finally the two-seat SR-71 (code named SENIOR CROWN) flown by the U.S. Air Force.
		It is affiliated with SR-71 Online: An Online Aircraft Museum.
		The Blackbird, or "habu" as it is known by Air Force insiders, is capable of sustained speeds in excess of Mach 3 and has an altitude ceiling of over 80,000 feet.
	birch.family.tripod.com /blackbird.html (1728 words)

	SR-71 Online - The Blackbird Archive
		Blackbird events are a way for former crews and personnel to discuss and answer questions about the airplane they love, and to interact with fans and buffs nationwide.
		The Blackbird is one of the most magnificent military jets ever developed.
		The dispositions of all remaining Blackbirds have been organized by state/region with a clickable map.
	www.sr-71.org /blackbird (1190 words)

	Habus.org - Dedicated to the SR-71 Blackbird
		SR-71 Blackbird photographs that highlight the legacy of Habu.
		For a quarter-century, Lockheed's Mach 3 SR-71A Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft dominated the skies like no other aircraft.
		No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71 Blackbird.
	www.habus.org (162 words)

	Aircraft: Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
		The March Field Air Museum's SR-71, 61-7975, was delivered to the Air Force in 1967.
		Two blackbirds were returned to active duty at Beale AFB, simply to once again be chopped on the defense budget and canceled again.
		All but three of the Blackbirds were declared surplus when the cost of operation caused them to be retired.
	www.marchfield.org /sr71a.htm (1251 words)

	The SR-71 Blackbird - Herb Wolfe
		When all the Blackbirds were completed, two squadrons were made, each with 8 SR-71A's and a trainer, while the remainder were being modified, or in for maintenance.
		This paper is an attempt to show what went into the development of the SR-71, from it's predecessors, the A-12 and the YF-12A to the work that went into the J-58 engines that provide the thrust needed to achieve the Mach 3 speeds that the SR-71 regularly attained.
		Other major host sites for the Blackbird include: Edwards AFB, the 9th SRW at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, and the 9th SRW at Mildenhall Royal Air Base in the UK.
	incolor.inetnebr.com /hwolfe/history/sr71.shtml (1635 words)

	SR-71 BlackBird
		Called the Blackbird, the SR-71 was so far ahead of its time that to this day very few (such as the X-15 and the Space Shuttle) airplanes can outperform it.
		This chart "borrowed" from John Stone's Lockheed Blackbird Information As of January 1st, 1997, two SR-71 air crews and planes were declared mission ready for the first time since the plane's retirement, seven years ago.
		The YF-12 was an SR-71 with an internal bay carrying three Hughes GAR-9/ AIM-47A air to air radar guided missiles, designed to shoot enemy airplanes flying at lower altitudes.
	hjem.get2net.dk /svend.gundestrup/sr_71.htm (836 words)

	SR-71 Blackbird
		The Blackbird is operated by a crew of two, a pilot and a reconnaissance systems officer.
		Additionally, several aircraft in the Blackbird family were modified to carry the Lockheed D-21 drone on a pylon above the fuselage.
		This is a picture of me in the top of a "Blackbird" at Sea-Air-Space Museum(New York) (21k)
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/Lab/4490/bb.htm (253 words)

	Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - en
		The SR-71 actually flew over Russian airspace photographing sensitive sites at the height of the cold war.
		Three SR-71 aircraft are being used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed, high-altitude aeronautical research.
		Originally, the Blackbird was built to be equipped with weapons but was converted into a reconnaissance plane when it was realized that the plane flew faster than a rifle bullet.
	www.military.cz /usa/air/in_service/aircraft/sr71/sr71_en.htm (529 words)

	Area51ZONE Bookstore: Aircraft : SR-71 Blackbird
		Lockheed Sr-71/Yf-12 Blackbirds (Warbirdtech Series, Vol 10) - This is the first and only series to take a technical look at some of the world's most exciting combat aircraft.
		Lockheed Sr-71 : The Secret Missions Exposed - The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is one of aviation's most exciting legends.
		Eventually the victim of political cost-cutting, the SR-71 was an astonishing and highly secret achievement when it first flew in 1962.
	www.area51zone.com /books/Aircraft/SR-71_Blackbird (154 words)

	SR-71 BLACKBIRD - FACTS AT A GLANCE
		All flights requiring A-12 capability were taken over by the SR-71.
		Blackbirds are constructed with a titanium alloy that makes up about 93% of the plane's empty weight.
		The Blackbird is painted with a black paint that consists of a pigmentation containing minute iron balls.
	www.aero.com /museums/us_space_and_rocket/wmuusr04.htm (481 words)

	SR-71 Blackbird
		There had been proposals to treat the SR -71as a national asset and fund it accordingly, but these moves were blocked at various levels.
		Already planned sensor and maintainability upgrades were cancelled, and then because the SR couldn't perform the function an upgrade was supposed to do, this was given as a reason why the SR wasn't capable enough.
		Never stated officially, but was widely believed, was that the Blackbird was being retired because a superior replacement was entering service (Aurora?).
	www.area51zone.com /aircraft/sr71.shtml (1592 words)

	SENIOR CROWN SR-71
		The move to reactivate the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft was not unopposed.
		U-2/SR-71 PHYSIOLOGICAL SUPPORT PROGRAM AIR COMBAT COMMAND ACCI 11-459 : 10 MAY 96
		Because the Blackbird was designed to expand during flight, it has had a history of fuel tank leaks on the ground.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/sr-71.htm (1095 words)

	SR-71 Blackbird
		The second attempt was too fast and the SR went off the end of the runway, ripping off the main landing gear and causing considerable damage to the underside of the aircraft.
		Dan House headed for the nearest base, which was in the Phillipines, nearing the coast they lost all control of the SR and he and his RSO: Maj. Blair Bozek ejected safely landing just off the coast of the Phillipines.
		The SR was recovered after a lengthy salvage mission.
	digilander.libero.it /maddog666/serie.htm (1395 words)

	SR-71 Blackbird
		The SR-71 flies at over 85,000 feet and well over 3 times the speed of sound; the temperature on the windshield at cruise is over 600F.
		The SR-71, tailored to expanded U.S. Air Force needs, was ordered in December of 1962 and flew for the first time on 22 December 1964 from Palmdale, California.
		On 7 January 1966 the Blackbird joined the USAF operational inventory at Beale AFB in California.
	www.galacticvoyager.com /cgi-bin/mod.cgi?id=03-162&c=020 (178 words)

	SR-71 Blackbird back in business
		Congress directed the Air Force to bring the SR-71 out of retirement in 1994 because of the need for a highly survivable, manned, air-breathing reconnaissance platform to provide synoptic, multi-sensor, broad-area coverage.
		Although assigned to the 9th RW at Beale, SR-71 aircraft currently operate from a detachment at Edwards AFB, Calif.
		Mission ready means the Blackbird can fly operational sorties when the Joint Chiefs of Staff determine the aircraft's altitude, speed and sensor capabilities best meet a theater commander's mission need.
	www.fas.org /irp/news/1997/970006.html (247 words)

	NASA Observatorium Aeronautics SR-71
		Designed for reconnaissance, the SR-71 has had a long and distinguished career in the service of the US military and intelligence communities.
		Developed over thirty years ago in an environment of absolute secrecy, the Blackbird remains the fastest and highest-flying production aircraft in history.
		The jet-black titanium alloy skin, swooping, cowl-shaped fuselage, and ominous vertical stabilizers might give you the impression of an aircraft with the ability to slice through the air at unmatched speeds.
	observe.arc.nasa.gov /nasa/exhibits/sr-71/SR-1.html (190 words)

	Global Aircraft -- SR-71 Blackbird
		The SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest aircraft in the world to take off under its own power.
	www.globalaircraft.org /planes/sr-71_blackbird.pl (112 words)

	SR-71 Online - An Online Aircraft Museum
		Unofficially nicknamed the "Blackbird," 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.
		Welcome to SR-71 Online: An Online Aircraft Museum, home to more than a thousand images on modern military aviation (over 750 of which are of the Lockheed Blackbirds) and fact sheets on more than a dozen military airplanes.
		It is also home to the SR-71 Flight Manual, a more than thousand page document now presented online for the first time.
	www.sr-71.org (304 words)

	SR-71 Blackbirds
		Recap of the SR-71 flyover and static display at Beale AFB Air Fest '97.
		I served on the Blackbird from 1969 to 1974.
		Past Archive Records of the demise of the Blackbirds in the halls of the Congress and the Pentagon.
	www.wvi.com /~lelandh/sr-71~1.htm (1335 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org Aircraft Museum - SR-71 Blackbird
		After the CIA realized that the Blackbird would be much better suited to the reconnaissance role than to combat, this need led to the conceptualization of what would become the SR-71 in 1958.
		The remarkable SR-71 is still officially the world's fastest jet-powered plane even some 40 years after it first flew.
		The Blackbird design began in the late 1950s as a Mach 3 high-altitude interceptor and strike platform.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/recon/sr71 (1131 words)

	: SR-71 Blackbird, review at WorldSSP.net
		LOCKHEED SR-71A The SR-71, unofficially known as the "Blackbird," is a long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft.
		SR-71 Blackbird Additional Information Developed for the USAF as reconnaissance aircraft more than 30 years ago, SR-71s are still the world's fastest and highest-flying production aircraft.
		Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71 Blackbird.
	www.worldssp.net /webinfo.asp?proid=8627 (526 words)

	SR-71 Blackbird
		The results was the SR-71 Blackbird or Habu.
		Of the 32 Blackbirds built, 11 crashed on landing.
		It was capable of an altitude of 90,000 ft. and Mach 3.2+ speed, faster than a rifle bullet.
	www.strategic-air-command.com /aircraft/reconnaissance/sr71_blackbird.htm (265 words)

	A-12/YF-12A/SR-71 Blackbird SR-1 Ejection Seat Illustrations
		This is a Lockheed Design which is not much different from the Stanley designed Lockheed C-2 (later modifed into the S/R-2) seat which preceded it in other aircraft [Note: the C-2 seat was used in the very early A-12 and SR-71 Blackbirds as can be seen in the cockpit of A-12 06925].
		Due to a fatality which occurred early in the SR-71 program where a crewman was killed when his helmet impacted the headrest of the seat during a structural breakup, some of the C-2 seats were equipped with a headrest extender to more closely fit the seat to the crewman.
		Some of the differences between the C-2 and the SR-1 seat include the omission of the leg guards and arm restraint nets which were used on the C-2.
	users.bestweb.net /~kcoyne/sr1seat.htm (1296 words)

	Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
		During its operational career, the SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft with an absolute speed record of 2,193 miles per hour and absolute altitude record of 85,069 feet.
		The first SR-71 flew in 1964 and entered service in 1966.
		The USAF retired its SR-71 fleet in 1990 due to high operating costs.
	www.shanaberger.com /SR-71.htm (181 words)

	Dan Simpson's SR-71 Web Page - The Blackbird
		There were 32 SR-71s built and in 26 years of service, no aircraft was ever lost to hostile fire, despite the fact that they were shot at more than 1,000 times.
		The SR-71 first flew on December 22, 1964.
		This Blackbird (A-12) is on exhibit aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Intrepid as part of the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum in New York City.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Grove/8805/sr71 (501 words)

	SR-71 — The Blackbird Survivors
		The Air Force version has a crew of 2, and is called the SR-71.
		Some of the Blackbirds are not accessible to the public, so it may be a while before I can get photos of all of the airframes.
		The Blackbird was built in the 1950’s and 1960’s for the CIA and the US Air Force.
	www.visi.com /~jweeks/sr71 (687 words)

	AVSIM Aircraft Review: Lockheed SR71 Blackbird
		All and all, the SR-71 "Blackbird" is a great addition to your aircraft files as well as your flight sim experience.
		Other than the usual genre of Airline aircraft of all makes and models, comes the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird for FS2000.
		The Blackbird's radar signature was only 1% of that of a B-52, which made it virtually radar invisible.
	www.avsim.com /pages/0100/phoenix2/blackbird.shtml (804 words)

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