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SR-71 –the fastest aircraft in the world, built serially. The design of the aircraft is developed in the company "Lockheed" (207212 1/72 Modeler high-Speed aircraft Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird") under the leadership of Kelly Johnson, the Creator of such well-known aircraft as the F-104 "Zvezdafighter" and F-117 Stealth.
the Development was carried out in an atmosphere of deep secrecy since 1957. Design work, and then the construction and debugging of prototypes dragged on for several years. The aircraft turned out to be unusual in all respects: one of the first prototypes was nicknamed "Titanium goose" (85% of the aircraft design was made of titanium, and 15%- of composite materials). Suffice it to say that the corrugated skin of the aircraft is designed for high-speed heating to a temperature of 315 degrees, and the crew after landing can not leave the cabin for half an hour– until the Board cools down.
the First flight of the aircraft, which received the designation A-11, took place on April 26, 1962, and July 20, 1963, the speed was reached in M=3 (that is, three times the speed of sound). Built in a small series, single-seat a-12 scouts belonging to the CIA, in 1967-68 years flew over North Vietnam, as well as over the territory of the DPRK. The seventh prototype was made in the version of the high-speed interceptor, which received the designation YF-12, but was not put into mass production.
the Most advanced aircraft of the entire series A-12/YF-12/SR-71 was the double reconnaissance SR-71A and its training modifications SR-71B and SR-71C. Tests of the SR-71 began in December 1964 years, and from January 1966 years they began to enter service 4200-th strategic reconnaissance wing (June 1966 years reformed in the 9th strategic reconnaissance wing, consisted of two squadrons– 1st and 9th). By the end of 1967, the company “Lockheed” gave the air force the last, 31-th, of the ordered scouts SR-71 (207212 Modeler 1/72 high-Speed aircraft Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird").
the Requirements for the pilots were extremely strict, both squadrons were completed only from volunteers. And the complexity of the operation of the aircraft required extra-class specialists, whose training took several years. On the combat use of SR-71 to the General public, for obvious reasons, not much is known. From 1968 to 1972, they were photographing the territory of North Vietnam (combat losses were not), in the 70's, early 80's. repeatedly invaded the airspace of the DPRK and China, as well as conducted reconnaissance during flights along the borders of the Soviet Union. Due to the high altitude and high speed, (even missiles "air-to-air" could not catch up with him) SR-71 (207212 Modeler 1/72 super-Speed aircraft Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird"), remaining invulnerable for a long time could carry out reconnaissance flights with impunity almost anywhere in the world.
During the flight across the Atlantic to the exhibition in Farnborough 1.09.1974, SR-71A "along the way" set a record for the new York-London route, flying 5584 km for 1 hour 54 minutes 56.4 seconds.
However, the huge cost of operation and lack of spare parts has led to the fact that at the end of the 80s raised the question of decommissioning , ",Blackburrow", (the cost of a reconnaissance flight, given a pre-flight maintenance and attraction to the assignment of air tankers was 8 million dollars!) And since may 1990, all available in the ranks of the aircraft were transferred to the conservation, but after the operation "desert Storm" (1991) it became clear that even spy satellites are not able to replace this unique machine. In 1995, two SR-71 (207212 Modeler 1/72 of the high-Speed Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft) were reactivated and modernized, which to this day are in the ranks of the 9th strategic intelligence wing, located at Edwards airbase.
Flight technical data SR-71A
wing Span, m , , , , , , , , , , , , , 16,95
Length, m , , , , , , , , 32,74
Height, m , ,, , , , , ,5,64
the area of the bearing surface, sq. m , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,167,23
Weight of empty aircraft, kg , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,27215
Takeoff weight (nom./max.), kg , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,63505/77110
Specific load on the wing (nom./max.), kg/sqm , , ,380/461
Max. speed at an altitude of 24 000 m, km/h , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,3220
the Speed of landing/ take-off, km/ h , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,334/370
Practical ceiling, m , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,24 400
Maximum range, km , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,4800
Run-up/run,m , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,1646/1097
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