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20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

By Marksman on September 20, 2017@fizx

SR-71 Blackbird’s first test flight was slated for 22nd December, 1964 and since it has been a little more than 50 years, we think you all should know these 20 facts that pertain to this amazing spy plane.

20. Even though it hasn’t flown in 15 years, it’s still the official record holder for fastest manned jet-powered aircraft.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

19. And it set the record with only one engine.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

18. It’s even more powerful than you think.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

Each of the Blackbird’s twin Pratt & Whitney J58 jet engines can crank out 34,000 pounds of thrust. It has about the same power as an ocean liner.

17. Those cones in front of the engines are essentially the throttle control.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

16. You could start the jets with a couple of Buicks.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

15. It’s larger than it looks.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

It is over 105ft long.

14. It’s so heavy that it needs a parachute and special tires to land.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

13. The SR-71 isn’t the only Blackbird.


20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

A-12 was operated by CIA and is a predecessor to the SR-71.

12. There was also a variant intended as an interceptor.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

11. The A-12’s design evaluation team was headed by the founder of Polaroid – Dr. Edwin Land

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

10. All A-12s and the first SR-71s were tested at Area 51.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

9. The SR-71 couldn’t be shot down.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

More than 1,000 missiles have tried over the course of plane’s service.

8. It could photograph an entire swath of North Korea in seven minutes.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

7. To even be allowed to work on the plane as a crew member, you had to be married.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

6. While the plane’s details and its missions were extremely sensitive, the plane itself wasn’t really a secret.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

President Johnson announced the existence of a 2,000 mph plane publicly in February 1964.

5. It was called the RS-71 until LBJ said the plane’s name wrong in his announcement.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

4. The first official flight of the new SR-71 was on December 22nd 1964.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

3. Over 60 pounds worth of black paint is used because black helps dissipate heat better than other colors.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

2. The cockpit windows are covered in quartz.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

1. The flight suit was just as complex as the rest of the plane.

20 Incredible Facts About SR-71 Blackbird

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