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The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation. [ N 1 ] Its nicknames include " Blackbird " and " Habu ".
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: turbojet: Absolute record for altitude in horizontal flight. [55] Pratt & Whitney J58; Absolute Record of FAI classes C, H and M [56] Another SR-71 set absolute speed record on the same day. 1977: August 31 123,520 ft 37,650 m Aleksandr Fedotov: Mikoyan-Gurevich Ye-266M MiG-25: turbojet
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird The Lockheed A-12 is a retired high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed 's Skunk Works , based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson .
Lockheed SR-71 The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20 ) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12 , and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds.
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; Initially developed as A-12 by Central Intelligence Agency; first flight took place at Groom Lake , Nevada, on 25 April 1962. USAF developed SR-71 from CIA design; first flight took place on 22 December 1964. Operational use of SR-71 began in 1968. Retired in 1989 due to budget reductions.
It set and held speed and altitude world records of over 2,000 miles per hour (3,200 km/h) and over 80,000 feet (24,000 m) (later surpassed by the closely related SR-71 Blackbird), and is the world's largest, heaviest and fastest crewed interceptor. [1]
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is the current record-holder for a crewed airbreathing jet aircraft. An air speed record is the highest airspeed attained by an aircraft of a particular class. The rules for all official aviation records are defined by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), [1] which also ratifies any claims. Speed records ...
N 5] [N 6] The development of the Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft, as well as the XB-70, prompted Soviet aerospace engineers to design and develop their high-altitude and high-speed MiG-25 interceptor. [73] [74]