SR-71 Blackbird

No it just flew very high to avoid radar.

The Cold War and the Vietnam War.

The SR-71 Blackbird was launched since 1964 . The SR-71 Blackbird was built in 1963 and it was built by Lockheed Martin. Only the United States has the SR-71 Blackbird. In reallife no SR-71 Blackbird was ever shot down during their mission. The SR-71 Blackbird is the World's fastest and highest flying military aircraft. The SR-71 Blackbird can climb more higher than any other planes and missiles. No missiles can ever shoot down the SR-71 Blackbird. United States of America is the only one Country that have SR-71 Blackbird. Fighters in the air still cannot stop the SR-71 Blackbird. It was invited during 1964. The SR-71 Blackbird can reach up to over 85,000 feet. No missiles can ever fly that high.

The SR-71 Blackbird can fly at 2,193 miles per hour(Mach 3) and can fly up to 85,000 feet near the edge of space. The SR-71 Blackbird is the only military spy aircraft the was never been shot down and had taken more than 100 pictures of enemy territory. Until today, the SR-71 Blackbird is still the World's fastest and highest flying aircraft but it is now in the museum for display. In 1998 the SR-71 Blackbird finally retired from recconasaince missions because it was using too many gas. The faster the aircraft flies, the more gas it uses very quickly.

1 reason why is that it cost to much money and the cost to make 1 Black Bird was around 50 million dollars. They only made around 50 Black Birds in the world and some of them now are in museums.

The X-43 reached Mach 9.8 but it was an unmanned flight.

The X-15 reached Mach 6.72, but it is a rocket powered aircraft.

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, which made it's first flight on December 22, 1964, is still considered to be the world's fastest airplane reaching Mach 3.2 or 2,193.167 MPH in July 1976.

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds many speed records including flying from New York to London, covering 3,461.53 miles in 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds, averaging 1,806.95 MPH.

It would be EXTREMELY unlikely because the black bird is a very expensive plane and they probably won't risk some other country finding out about how the SR-71 operates there's like 4-96 percentage

In the US Air Force SR stands for Strategic Reconnaissance. I do not know how they decide the number however. These are a few other US aerial vehicle abbreviations.

A= Attack

B= Bomber

F= Fighter

P= Patrol/Pursuit

AH= Attack Helicopter

The SR-71 flew at 85,000 feet in 1976, the highest ever.

It is well shaped for it but materials (titanium + graphite) aren't good enough.

However it does follow some fundamental stealth rules when it comes to controlling the scatter of radar waves.

So back in the days it could be called stealth, today... not very much so.

The coast-to-coast aircraft speed record set by the SR-71 on March 6th, 1990, was between Los Angeles and Washington, not New York. The difference is that the New York destination would have added a bit of time to the trip (but not much). The trip as recorded took 67 minutes 54 seconds, with an average speed 2,125 miles per hour, or 3,420 kilometers per hour. The National Aeronautic Association (NAA) has included this record in its logs, but an independent site of Blackbird enthusiasts holds the record time as 64 minutes 20 seconds. A link is provided below to check facts and learn more about this remarkable aircraft.

Heck yeah. While it was designed to be stealth/reconnaissance, hence the SR, it had an enormous heat signature that just could not be hidden. If spotted, all they had to do, or could do for that matter, was turn and burn.

Only 32 were made. 12 were destroyed in accidents but none due to enemy action.

The SR71 blackbird flies at around 3535 km per hour which is close to mach 3 (3 times the speed of sound). The peed of sound is 1193.04 km per hour. The circumfrence of the earth along the equator is about 40,075.16 km. Divide the distance of the earth and mach 3 and you should get an answer of around 11 hours and 30 min. Note that it may vary in the real world due to temperature, altitude, gas breaks, etc.

8,000 gal/hr at mach 3

Mach 3.7

The maximum speed of a SR71 is 2,200 mph at 80,000 ft.

Lockheed Martin (LMT) is a publicly-traded corporation with thousands of shareholders.

Like most large public corporations, the majority of shares are held by mutual funds.

The largest single shareholder (with about 21%) is State Street Global Advisors, for its ETFs.

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If you are refering to the SR71 blackbird, the military plane, it was designed and built by Lockheed Martin. The SR-71 Blackbird was built by the famous Lockhead "Shunk Works" Heading up the team was Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson one of aviation's most important aircraft designers.

Sounds like a good story. Such stories abound in the world's airforces about many aircraft.

no :\

yes it should be brought back because it was the best aircraft of its days and if we need to spy on an enemy country that's the plane they would use

Because dull black is the best colour for spy aircraft

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Unofficially, the SR-71 carried many nicknames, including the "Habu," "SR," "Lady in Black," and "Sled;" but most of us know the SR-71 as the "Blackbird." The SR-71 was developed as a long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of flying at speeds over Mach 3.2 and at 85,000 feet. The first SR-71 to enter service was delivered in 1966 and due to politics, it was retired in 1990. However, the USAF still kept a few SR-71s in operation up until 1998, after a few were brought back to service in 1995. NASA's DFRC at Edwards AFB, CA flew the SR-71 from 1991 until its final flight in October 1999.