#sr 71

[usafphantom2]

@Habubrats71 via X

[frozen-banana-guacamole]

[redacted-metallum]

I was going through my phone (as you do) and I found these pictures from when I went to an air and space museum fucking forever (over two years) ago and I. Ough.

[itsonlycomic]

darkstar (commission on twitter)

[dronescapesvideos]

SR-71 in the paint shop, January 1965

➤➤ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/AulhUIUhtnU

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

B-25 Mitchell Bomber

SR-71 Blackbird

Bristol F-2B Fighter

[responsivethoughts]

The SR-71 Blackbird.

A spy plane that flew at approximately 70 to 85 thousand (21,000 to 25,000 meters) above Earth's sea level and cruised at speeds of 2,500 miles per hour ( 4,000 km per hour) is one man's most most amazing creation in its class for the purposes of intelligence gathering.

When the enemy fired missiles and other rockets at the Blackbird, the evasive maneuver was simply, acceleration and climbing.

Nothing could reach this machine that practically flew at the edge of Earth's atmosphere and beginning of solar system space.

Enemy aircraft would run out of fuel before they could even attempt to get close to the Blackbird.

Missiles would burn out of rocket fuel. On some instances, the SR-71 outsped missiles and bullets fired at it.

Architecture, engineering and operation of this machine is phenomenal. Even though we outlived its usefulness, it would be awesome to keep this aircraft functional for research and demonstration purposes.

[a-4skyhawk]

SR-71 Blackbird

[coolthingsguyslike]

[gorrus]

[usafphantom2]

The Sun moves across the face of the Earth at about 1000 mph, so if during a westbound flight at Mach 3.2, …an SR 71 was turned to the north or south, causing the Sun to set… it could be made to reappear again. Thus rising in the west, once the crew resumed their westbound heading..

Dad, Butch Sheffield flew in the SR-71 for eight and a half years. He told me that he saw this phenomenon many times.

Linda Sheffield

Source Paul Crickmore

Photo US Air Force pilot Bob Spencer RSO Butch Sheffield they were in the airplane when this photograph was taken.

@Habubrats71 via X

[safety-pin-punk]

[tarasthesauceboss]

Lockheed NASA SR-71A Oct 1997 (landis)

[neutron669]

SR-71 in Wind Tunnel

[dronescapesvideos]

A brief story of a secret funding project for three Lockheed YF-12 aircraft. YF-12 Secret Funding 🎥 https://youtu.be/waIKmfA-lP8