AIRCRAFT: SR-71A Blackbird
- TYPE: two seat strategic reconnaissance aircraft
- MAKER: Lockheed
- SPAN: 55 ft. 11 in. (16.94 m.)
- LENGTH: 107 ft. 5 in. (32.74 m.)
- HEIGHT: 18 ft. 6 in. (5.64 m.)
- WING AREA: 1,000 sq. ft. (92.9 sq. meters)
- WEIGHT: empty 60,000 lb. (27,216 kg.), maximum takeoff weight 170,000 lb. (77,111 kg.)
- POWERPLANT: two 32,500 lb. (14,742 kg.) afterburning thrust Pratt & Whitney JT11D bleed turbojets
- PERFORMANCE: speed 2,250 m.p.h. (3,620 k.p.h.), ceiling 100,000 ft. (30,480 m.), range 2,980 miles (4,800
km.)
- ARMAMENT: none
- CREW: 2
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