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Better Than The SR-71 - The Never Built Convair Kingfish, FISH and Super Hustler
While many viewers might know of the SR-71 Blackbird - few know about its rival secret project, the Convair Kingfish - a spy ...
Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...
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The Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane ‘Broke All the Rules’ Thanks to Titanium
In one of the greatest ironies of the Cold War, the U.S. had to secretly buy the titanium needed to build the Mach 3+ SR-71 ...
The SR-71 Blackbird was the world's fastest jet. Capable of of flying as high as 85,000 feet at Mach 3.3 (2,193.2 mph), the Blackbird was used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. It ...
The SR-71 could cruise at speeds exceeding Mach 3 and at altitudes exceeding 80,000 feet—both of which represent performance extremes. At such extremes, the airframe generated heat, which posed ...
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