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SR-71 Blackbird
The SR-71 Black Bird is a Mach 3, long rage reconnaissance aircraft. The SR-71 was designed by Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, and since 1976 has held the record for the fastest air breathing manned air craft. Ask your questions about the SR-71 Black Bird here.
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Why did they retire the SR-71 Blackbird?
The SR-71 Blackbird was retired due to the improvement of satellites and the extremely high cost of operating the Blackbird fleet all over the world.
Some can still be seen in aircraft museums and on display at their former bases.
Can the SR-71 Blackbird ever get shot down?
No, because the SR-71 Blackbird is supersonic aircraft. It uses stealth and climb higher altitudes. It is the World's fatest, stealtiest and highest flying airplane ever. It can travel over 2,000 miles per hour and fly at 85,000 feet. The plane is incredibly invisible because it's favorite mode is stealth mode, this makes it unbelievable difficult to detect the SR-71 Blackbird on radar.
How faST will an sr-71 circumnavigate the globe?
It would take the plane, flying at maximum speed, roughly 10 hours. This, though, does no include the time it would take to get up to maximum speed and altitude, so it would probably be more like 12 hours.
Can the sr71 blackbird carry the space shuttle on its back?
When the SR-71 was attached to the M-21/D-12 drone it crashed immediately.
The SR-71 was a strategic reconnaissance plane for the US Air Force. It was known for it's extremely high altitude and speed. It flew at 80,000 feet in the air. It is the fastest plane ever to in the military, flying at Mach 3.3. It's first flight flew in 1964 and was commissioned in 1966 and retired from the military in 1998.
It's manufacturers production of the plane was so confidential that they had to airbrush the backround of the SR71's location to disguise it. 3.3 mach is more than 3 times the speed of sound and more than 2,000 MPH.
SR71 info:
Nickname: Habu (snake in southeast Asia
Length: 107 ft, 5 in
Wingspan: 55 ft, 7 in
Height: 18 ft, 6 in
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How much fuel does a fighter jet consume per hour?
It all depends upon throttle (power) setting, altitude, outside air temperature, air density, the condition of the engine and just exactly what engine it is that is in the jet. A lot of variables in turbine engines. Bottom line is this, turbine engines are Mass Flow engines. Massive amounts of air which means massive amounts of fuel. You won't see me pulling out my credit card to fuel one.
