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Title: 29 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD
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URL Source: https://www.thrillist.com/cars/fact ... artin-sr71-blackbird-spy-plane
Published: May 10, 2016
Author: AARON MILLER
Post Date: 2016-05-10 18:29:29 by BTP Holdings
Keywords: None
Views: 416
Comments: 6

29 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE SR-71 BLACKBIRD

COURTESY OF LOCKHEED MARTIN

By AARON MILLER

Quantifying the exact level of badass-ness the SR-71 Blackbird achieved during its active career from the 1960s to the 1990s is impossible -- partly because, as a spy plane, much of its anecdotal history remains behind a veil of security. From its very first test flight, three days before Christmas in 1964, it straddled the boundaries between physics-bending speed and safety, top secret missions and public rockstar status, and even between Earth and space.

Now basking in its second decade of retirement, Blackbird stands as a towering figure in the history of aviation, one which still holds more than its share of records. These are 29 things you you (probably) didn’t know about the SR-71.

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1. The SR-71’s official speed record -- 2,193.13 mph -- has stood for nearly 40 years

In July of 1976, the Blackbird celebrated the United States’ centennial by setting an outright speed record for a manned jet. This is that very plane landing after that record-setting run, and while a few pilots took their Blackbirds faster, they weren't on an official two-way record run.

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28 more to go. The SR 71 is a fuel hog and needs to be refueled after 7 minutes in the air.

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#1. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

It was also one of the last planes my grand father flew. Lt. Col Cunningham.

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titorite  posted on  2016-05-10   18:48:34 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: titorite (#1)

Lt. Col Cunningham

He must have been a real ace. ;)

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BTP Holdings  posted on  2016-05-10   18:56:21 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: BTP Holdings (#0)

The refueling after take-off was because the fuel for flight was different from the take-off fuel; after that, refueling was about every ninety minutes.

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Lod  posted on  2016-05-10   19:01:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Lod (#3)

The refueling after take-off was because the fuel for flight was different from the take-off fuel; after that, refueling was about every ninety minutes.

I knew there was a reason. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2016-05-10   19:19:36 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: BTP Holdings (#4)

You knew that it didn't have to be fueled every seven minutes.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2016-05-10   20:24:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: Lod (#5)

You knew that it didn't have to be fueled every seven minutes.

I figured it had something to do with range and time. I assumed it uses quite a bit of fuel for take off, so refuel in air after take off is reasonable. ;)

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke

BTP Holdings  posted on  2016-05-10   21:04:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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