enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Lockheed YF-12 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_YF-12

    A fourth YF-12 aircraft, the "YF-12C", was actually the second SR-71A (AF Ser. No. 61–7951). This SR-71A was re-designated as a YF-12C and given the fictitious Air Force Serial Number 60-6937 from an A-12 to maintain SR-71 secrecy. The aircraft was loaned to NASA for propulsion testing after the loss of YF-12A (AF Ser. No. 60–6936) in 1971.

  3. Pratt & Whitney J58 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_&_Whitney_J58

    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.

  4. Lockheed A-12 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_A-12

    The YF-12 program was a limited production variant of the A-12. Lockheed convinced the U.S. Air Force that an aircraft based on the A-12 would provide a less costly alternative to the recently canceled North American Aviation XF-108, since much of the design and development work on the YF-12 had already been done and paid for. Thus, in 1960 the ...

  5. List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and...

    This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).

  6. A day that shocked the world: Photos capture stunned planet ...

    www.aol.com/news/day-shocked-world-photos...

    Here are some of the memorable images from that cloudless Tuesday morning. Sept. 11 attacks: These iconic images from 9/11 are truly unforgettable September 11 Terrorist Attacks in photos

  7. Members of family gospel group The Nelons killed in plane crash

    www.aol.com/members-family-gospel-group-nelons...

    A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said that its team will be at the scene on Saturday, and preliminary reports say the Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft crashed after an “auto pilot ...

  8. James Irwin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Irwin

    Irwin was also a developmental test pilot for the Lockheed YF-12, the Mach 3 fighter-interceptor variant which preceded the SR-71 Blackbird. His first flight of that aircraft was on the day that one of his five children was born. [7] In 1961, a student pilot that Irwin was training crashed the plane they were flying on a training mission.

  9. Merrill Womach - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrill_Womach

    Merrill Womach (February 7, 1927 – December 28, 2014) was an American undertaker, organist and gospel singer, notable both for founding National Music Service (now Global Distribution Network, Inc. [1]), which provided recorded music to funeral homes across America, and for surviving a Thursday, November 23, 1961 plane crash in Beaver Marsh, Oregon that left him disfigured with third degree ...