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sr-71_blackbird


An American high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft built by Lockheed in the 1960s.


With its blue-black paint job, full-length chines "[1]":[#dtext-external-links], long shock cone inlets and inward-canted tailfins (design consequences of an early attempt at stealth), the SR-71 Blackbird has one of the most distinctive silhouettes of any aircraft.


Goes really, really fast (up to Mach 3.3) and is considered the fastest air-breathing manned military aircraft (but it is NOT a fighter jet).


h4. Related development


* M-21 Drone Carrier

* Lockheed D-21 Drone


h4. See also


* List of Airplanes

* F-117 Nighthawk

* B-2 Spirit

* U-2 Dragon Lady

* XB-70

* MiG-25


h4#external-links. External links


[1] Wikipedia: Chines (SR-71)


* Wikipedia: SR-71