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2. Myasishchev M-55 - Wikipedia

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   The M-55 set a total of 15 FAI world records, all of which still stand today: [8] On 21 September 1993, an M-55 piloted by Victor Vasenkov from the 8th State R&D Institute of the Air Force named after V. P. Chkalov at Akhtubinsk reached a class record altitude of 21,360 m (70,080 ft) in class C-1j (Landplanes: take-off weight 20,000 to 25,000 ...

3. List of United States Air Force reconnaissance aircraft

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   Designated RB-57F, the design was almost an entirely new aircraft with a three-spar wing structure of 122 feet span, powerful new Pratt & Whitney TF33-P-11 main engines and two detachable underwing J60-P-9s for boost thrust at high altitude. The aircraft carried high-altitude cameras which were able to take oblique shots at 45 degrees up to 60 ...

4. Myasishchev - Wikipedia

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   M-17 "Mystic-A": high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, 1970 M-18 : supersonic bomber design, 1972; cancelled in favor of the Tupolev Tu-160 M-19 : hypersonic air and space plane; various engine and fuel types, 1974

5. M55 - Wikipedia

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   Myasishchev M-55, a Soviet reconnaissance aircraft; M55 self propelled howitzer, an American self-propelled artillery piece; M55 machine gun trailer mount, an American quadruple .50 caliber machine gun system based on the M45 Quadmount; Zastava M55, a Yugoslav/Serbian anti-aircraft gun; Tikka M55, a Finnish rifle

6. Reconnaissance aircraft - Wikipedia

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   A USAF SR-71 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. A reconnaissance aircraft (colloquially, a spy plane) is a military aircraft designed or adapted to perform aerial reconnaissance with roles including collection of imagery intelligence (including using photography), signals intelligence, as well as measurement and signature intelligence.

7. The Real Story Behind the Myth of Area 51, America’s Most ...

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   Whereas today’s airliners can soar as high as 45,000 feet, in the mid-1950s airlines flew at altitudes between 10,000 and 20,000 feet. Known military aircraft could get to 40,000 feet, and some ...

8. List of B-57 units of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia

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   The RB-57D was a high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft. 20 produced. Extended wing with higher thrust engine modification of B-57B, operated in lower stratosphere. Operations remain largely classified (1957–1963). Replaced by Lockheed U-2.

9. List of Soviet and Russian aircraft - Wikipedia

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   Military aircraft. MDR-5 - 1938 reconnaissance aircraft; R-1 - 1952 flying boat; Be-1 - 1964 experimental ground effect aircraft; Be-4 - 1940 reconnaissance flying boat; Be-6 - 1949 maritime patrol flying boat; VVA-14 - 1972 ground effect aircraft; Civilian aircraft. Be-8 - 1947 passenger and liaison floatplane; Be-30 - 1967 regional airliner ...