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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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- Book Synopsis
- The most complete book ever published on the SR-71 Blackbird, from initial design stage and testing through production, testing, and operations. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the world's only operational Mach 3 aircraft, and was designed, built, and tested by Lockheed's famed "Skunk Works." This book covers all fifty Blackbirds built, from the first flight in 1962, to the last in 1999. As a replacement for the venerable U-2 spyplane, Lockheed went from contract signing to first flight in only thirty-two months starting in April 1958-from the beginning of design studies to the signing of a contract from the CIA to build the initial batch of A-12s in February 1960, to first flight in 1962. From A-1 design through the completion of the very first Radar Cross Section models of the A-12 Testing of every major system and subsystem More than 700 color and black-and-white images from a variety of sources, as well as the author's own superb, new photography
- About The Author
- Over the last thirty-five years Jim Goodall has authored more than two dozen books and articles on military aircraft, naval ships, and submarines with a focus on Low Observables, or as it is known today, Stealth.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780764355042
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Schiffer Military History, (28 May 2018)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 1728 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 228 x 305 x 24 mm
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