Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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This includes the following models: SR-71A, SR-71B
File:SR-71.jpg | |
Type | Strategic Reconnaissance |
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Author(s) | Gerard Robin |
FDM | JSBSim |
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/Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B /Blackbird, Blackbird-A, Blackbird-B |
Status | Development |
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The Lockheed SR-71 is an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed A-12 and YF-12A aircraft by the Lockheed Skunk Works. The SR-71 was unofficially named the Blackbird, and called the Habu by its crews. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the design's advanced concepts. A defensive feature of the aircraft was its high speed and operating altitude, whereby, if a surface-to-air missile launch were detected, standard evasive action was simply to accelerate. The SR-71 line was in service from 1964 to 1998, with 12 of the 32 aircraft being destroyed in accidents, though none were lost to enemy action.
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