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SR-71 Blackbird assembly line at Skunk Works. The SR-71 designation is a continuation of the pre-1962 bomber series; the last aircraft built using the series was the XB-70 Valkyrie. However, a bomber variant of the Blackbird was briefly given the B-71 designator, which was retained when the type was changed to SR-71. [18]
Stinson SR-10G Reliant, NC21135, c/n 5903, built 1937 for American Airlines - on loan from the Science Museum of Virginia. Waco EGC-8 , c/n 5062, built for by R. G. LeTourneau , 1938, one of seven total sold - now owned by David Tyndall from Mechanicsville, Virginia - undergoing restoration in the museum shop.
Futrell, Robert Frank (1983) The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953, Maxwell AFB, Alabama Office of Air Force History, ISBN 0-912799-71-4 Lloyd, Alwyn T. (2000), A Cold War Legacy, A Tribute to Strategic Air Command, 1946–1992 , Pictorial Histories Publications ISBN 1-57510-052-5
SR-71 "Blackbird" towed from Kelly AFB to Lackland AFB summer 1990. The SR-71A "Blackbird" was put on static display in 1990 at the Parade Ground Airpark. [11] [12] In 2010 the museum reopened with a new name—the Airman Heritage Museum. [13] The same year, Building 6351, a 1940s era barracks was moved to the museum. [14]
The Lockheed Martin SR-72, colloquially referred to as "Son of Blackbird", [1] is an American hypersonic concept intended for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) proposed privately in 2013 by Lockheed Martin as a successor to the retired Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. In 2018, company executives said an SR-72 test vehicle could fly ...
The glass atrium is constructed of 525 glass panels that encase a pedestal-mounted Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The two aircraft display hangars protect the aircraft collection and exhibits from harsh outdoor elements. The museum participates in an exhibit exchange program with other national museums and displays them in the traveling exhibit area ...
In February 2018, Rezvani unveiled the Beast Alpha X "Blackbird". Inspired by the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird , it is their most performance-oriented car, with a reduced body weight of 2,150 lbs., a 700-horsepower 2.5 liter turbocharged engine and a 0-60 mph time of 2.9 seconds.
In 2016 the museum opened a new permanent exhibition, Speed, with an SR-71 Blackbird suspended from the ceiling. The Blackbird was relocated from the Virginia Aviation Museum near the Richmond International Airport. [4] In 2017 the ambitious exhibition Da Vinci—Alive the Experience opened to the public.