Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Length: 107' 5"
Length of Nose Probe: 4' 11"
Wing Span: 55' 7"
Wing Area: 1,795 ft. sq.
Wing Aspect Ratio: 1.939
Wing Root Chord: 60.533
Wing Dihedral Angle: 0 degrees
Wing Chord: 0.00
Wing Sweep: 52.629 degrees
Inboard Elevon Area: 39.00 ft. sq.
Outboard Elevon Area: 52.50 ft. sq.
Total Vertical Rudder Area: 150.76 ft. sq.
Moveable Rudder Area: 70.24 ft. sq.
Rudder Root Chord: 14.803 ft.
Rudder Tip Chord: 7.833 ft.
Height: 18' 6"
Empty Weight: 59,000 lbs.
Maximum Weight: 170,000 lbs.
Fuselage Diameter: 5.33 ft.
Service Ceiling: 85,000'+
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.3+ (Limit CIT of 427 degrees C)
Cruising Speed: Mach 3.2
Engines: 2 Pratt & Whittney J-58 (JT11D-20A) with 34,000 lbs. of thrust.
Range: 3,200 nautical miles (without refueling)
Price:$33,000,000
Black
3.5
the stratosphere!
2200 mph
2193 mph
Stratosphere
The SR-71 Blackbird was introduced into service in 1966.
It is the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird", a reconnaissance aircraft.
No it just flew very high to avoid radar.
About 3 times the speed of sound. (3 mach)
No it is an advanced, long range, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft.
The maximum speed of a SR71 is 2,200 mph at 80,000 ft.