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11,000 gallons of JP-7 and 650°F skin heat: Fueling Mach 3
Sustained Mach 3 flight forced the Blackbird program to rethink fuel entirely. At cruise, skin temperatures could exceed ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird’s speed secret: Mach 3.2 on paper, faster in reality
Blackbird SR-71 did not survive through concealing but through escape. Lockheed had constructed the Skunk Works of the SR-71 in the wake of the 1960 U-2 shootdown in the belief that, once spotted, the ...
Numeric designation suggests a lot, and the Bell X-1 was indeed a special aircraft. Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1, and the plane ushered in the modern age of supersonic flight. The X ...
Summary: Boeing’s F-15EX Eagle II, boasting remarkable aerodynamic efficiency and powered by twin GE F110-GE-229 engines, initially claimed to reach speeds nearing Mach 3. However, Boeing program ...
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