The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Steve Pace(Author)
The Crowood Press Ltd
Published on 30. November 2004
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-1-86126-697-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird remains to this day the most sophisticated manned spyplane ever built and operated. It grew from the CIA-funded A-12, which made its maiden flight at the legendary Area 51 on 26 April 1962. The A-12 was developed into the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, but not before its siblings, the F-12 and M-21 were created. These four very different - yet closely related - aircraft form the Blackbird series. The author has closely researched this extraordinarily advanced family of aircraft and this book includes full details of their design, manufacture and thirty-year service with the American Central Intelligence Agency, Us Air Force Strategic Air Command and NASA.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ramsbury
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8pp colour section & 220 b/w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 220 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86126-697-2 (9781861266972)
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