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Lockheed Designed the SR-71 I to Hunt Russian Bombers at Mach 3 — It Never Flew, and the U.S. Could Use One Today
In the early 1980s, Lockheed’s Skunk Works proposed converting the SR-71 Blackbird — the Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft that ...
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In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird suffered an engine unstart at Mach 3 over Russia — it almost crashed into the Barents Sea
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird operating at 83,000 feet and Mach 3 over the Soviet Union suffered a sudden engine unstart that ...
Half a century of aviation history.
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The SR-71 Blackbird Can’t Run on Jet Fuel. Here’s What It Uses Instead.
Ordinary jet fuel would boil and combust inside the Blackbird’s fuel tanks—meaning the aircraft must use a special fuel blend ...
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