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SR-71 at Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona Close-up of the SR-71B operated by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, California SR-71A at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Twelve SR-71s were lost and one pilot died in accidents during the aircraft's service career.
The Space Shuttle Columbia was lost as it returned from a two-week mission when previously detected damage to the shuttle's thermal protection system (TPS) resulted in the spacecraft breaking apart during reentry at an altitude of just under 65 km and a speed of about Mach 19. Investigation revealed that a piece of foam insulation had fallen ...
The crew lost control of the plane after an external fuel fire and explosion. On attempting to eject, all crewmen were killed. [131] 20 July Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7978, Article 2029, was lost in a landing accident at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. The pilot, Capt Dennis K. Bush, and the RSO, Jimmy Fagg, were unhurt. [16] 28 August
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.
The cause of the crash was deemed to be from catastrophic failure of the front hinge of the canopy - which apparently incapacitated her and led to the crash. [4] Her husband was Robert R. Meyer, Jr., a project manager and flight test engineer at Dryden. [4] [5] Bohn-Meyer was a 1979 graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y ...
The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) then heard about it and made arrangements to come and investigate the next day. But such was the object's fame that Mukuku villagers feared it would be stolen overnight.
Brian Shul (8 February 1948 – 20 May 2023) was an American pilot and photographer. A Vietnam War-era attack pilot and a major in the United States Air Force (USAF), he flew 212 combat missions and was shot down near the end of the war.
5 February 1968: Lockheed ordered to destroy A-12, YF-12 and SR-71 tooling. 8 March 1968: First SR-71A (#61-7978) arrives at Kadena AB to replace A-12s. 21 March 1968: First SR-71 (#61-7976) operational mission flown from Kadena AB over Vietnam. 8 May 1968: Jack Layton flies last operational A-12 sortie, over North Korea.