SR-71 Blackbird
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United States military aircraft
high-altitude aircraft
jet aircraft
military aircraft
reconnaissance aircraft
supersonic aircraft
The SR-71 Blackbird is a long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works and renowned as one of the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever built.
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| instanceOf |
United States military aircraft
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high-altitude aircraft → jet aircraft → military aircraft → reconnaissance aircraft → supersonic aircraft → |
| airframeMaterial |
titanium alloy
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| alliance |
NATO reconnaissance support
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| armament |
none
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| callsignConvention |
"Habu" in Okinawa operations
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| crew |
2
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| crewPositions |
pilot
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reconnaissance systems officer → |
| defense |
speed and altitude
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| derivedFrom |
Lockheed A-12
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| designer |
Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
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| developer |
Lockheed Skunk Works
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| emptyWeight |
approximately 67000 lb
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| engineType |
Pratt & Whitney J58
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| era |
Cold War
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| firstFlightDate |
1964-12-22
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| fuelType |
JP-7
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| height |
approximately 5.6 m
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| introduced |
1966
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| length |
approximately 32.7 m
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| manufacturer |
Lockheed Corporation
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| maximumSpeed |
over 3 times the speed of sound
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| maximumSpeedMach |
3.2
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| maximumTakeoffWeight |
approximately 170000 lb
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| museumDisplay |
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
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USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB → |
| NASADesignation |
YF-12C
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| notableFeature |
area-ruled fuselage
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canted twin vertical stabilizers → chines along fuselage → in-flight refueling capability → radar cross-section reduction measures → special high-temperature fuel system → |
| numberBuilt |
32
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| numberOfEngines |
2
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| operator |
NASA
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| primaryUser |
United States Air Force
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| programOrigin |
Lockheed A-12 program
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| propulsion |
afterburning turbojet
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| range |
over 3000 nautical miles
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| record |
one of the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever built
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set multiple speed and altitude records → |
| retiredFromUSAF |
1990
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1998 → |
| role |
intelligence gathering
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strategic reconnaissance → |
| serviceCeiling |
above 80000 ft
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| status |
retired
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| successor |
satellite reconnaissance systems
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| tailConfiguration |
twin tail
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| usedInConflict |
Cold War reconnaissance missions
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Vietnam War → |
| wingConfiguration |
delta wing
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| wingspan |
approximately 16.9 m
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
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housesArtifact |
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Lockheed U-2
("Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird")
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successor |