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The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known as the Blackbird and by its crews as the Habu or the sled, was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed YF-12A and A-12 aircraft by the Lockheed Skunk Works. The SR-71 line was in service from 1964 to 1998. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was the man behind many of the design's advanced concepts. The SR-71 was one of the first aircraft to be shaped to reduce radar cross section. However, the aircraft was not stealthy and still had a fairly large radar cross-section. The aircraft flew so fast and so high that if the pilot detected a surface-to-air missile launch, the standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. Thirteen aircraft are known to have been lost, all through non-combat causes.

Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: February 28, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Author: Vizaar

Length: 00:10:42
Rating: 4.57
Views: 213739

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Video Comments:
whiterottenrabbit (June 22, 2008 at 4:43 pm)
Why the fcuk is this in French? Is it too much asked to indicate it in the title so I don't have to listen to an incomprehensible language?
wiiowner1996 (June 16, 2008 at 7:38 pm)
So fast, so high, just can't touch it.
cuttingwoodnow (June 11, 2008 at 1:29 am)
I agree with DjGambit1. Fuck the MIG-25!
gareebee (June 2, 2008 at 6:54 am)
Mig-25 better? Not according to Victor Belenko, the Mig 25 pilot who defected to Japan in 1972. He said the Sr-71 moved with relative impunity over Soviet airspace and, when approached by the Mig-25, simply "walked away from it". The Mig-25 was a primitive machine propelled by two massive cruise missile engines designed to be used only once. The Mig was an act of desperation.
Read "Mig Pilot" by Belenko for more.
josephkennith (June 1, 2008 at 4:42 am)
my ass the sr-71 black bird can cross the u.s. in one hour thats why it is NOT ARMED
josephkennith (June 1, 2008 at 4:41 am)
i am almost done with making a model of this it is freaking great
9K58 (May 31, 2008 at 11:11 pm)
I do not understand this hype about the aircraft that was not capable of performing it's oroginal objective and had to be converted to a recconaisance aircraft.

Also, the cost was huge.
noNameLeft75 (June 16, 2008 at 6:22 pm)
the original objective was recconaisance...which it did great....
they had a version converted to a fighter, but THAT one didnt work so good, becuase the internal weapons bay doors would jam at super high speed..

and there was no need for a mach3 fighter, since the soviets didnt have a mach3 bomber...not even a mach2 bomber...
mbb05jb (May 29, 2008 at 3:55 pm)
what a beast!!!
lotusblack80 (May 16, 2008 at 5:18 pm)
AFTER ALL these YEARS...THAT BABY STILL LOOKS SEXY!!!......SPEED KILLS!!!