SR-71 "Blackbird" Airshow

The Aviation Place: www.kbvp.com The SR-71 Blackbird was in service from 1964 to 1998 and was operated by the U.S. Air Force from United States and select NATO air bases. Capable of speeds in excess of mach 3+(2,200 mph+) and 85,000 feet, the Blackbird was the most capable platform for strategic reconnaissance. It's ability to launch to a specific target and return with the required intelligence in a matter of hours was unsurpassed by any other platform or country. The SR-71 was developed by the infamous Lockheed Skunk Works and the primary construction material was a Titanium alloy. The two Pratt & Whitney J-58-P4/32,500 lb. thrust engines had aerospikes at the inlet of the engine. The spikes moved in and out in order to control the airflow through the engine during the transition from subsonic to supersonic speeds. This feature, coupled with the afterburners unique design, allowed the SR-71 to cruise in continuous afterburner with a high degree of efficiency.

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• airplane
• SR-71
• Blackbird
• USAF
• spy
• plane
• airshow

[MickGalaxy]

The Habu is one Bad Ass jet! Mach 3+, 80,000+ feet and untouchable. Smile you communist bastards...your picture's being taken.

[BabyZoey520]

Advance UAV online :P

[John5794]

Black Ops: "Our SR-71's in the air"

[KingJuLiO18]

BUUUULLSHIT

SU-25 FOR EVER



[shoogdon]

In the time it took you to watch this video, this thing could travel like 120 miles...

[hellagunner1]

Mother of god...

[228vitim]

@superskullmaster ah cala a boca meu filho q o blackbird ultrapassa qualquer aviao sem acelerar di verdade...

seus nub di merda

[superskullmaster]

@EvilxMerlin Well no shit. He was stating that only the Shuttle beats the speed and alt of the SR-71. I corrected him in saying the X-15 beats the SR-71 in both, not just the Space Shuttle. I didn't say it was a faster jet, we are talking pure speed and alt, not propulsion.

[semichdom]

The SR-71 remains the world's fastest and highest flying fixed-wing aircraft ... That is, an aircraft which can take-off AND land under its own power ... This is something neither the X-15 nor the NASA's space shuttle can do; they are both classified as rockets ...

[SoloWingCipher17]

if only they let it go Mach 1

[EvilxMerlin]

@superskullmaster

Technically both the Shuttle and X-15 are rockets...