SR-71 Blackbird

**Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird"** adalah sebuah pesawat pengawasan strategik jarak jauh termaju yang mempunyai kelajuan Mach 3+. Pesawat ini telah dibangunkan berdasarkan pesawat Lockheed A-12 dan YF-12 oleh syarikat Lockheed Corporation Skunk Works sebagai satu projek rahsia. Secara tidak rasmi, pesawat SR-71 dinamakan sebagai *[[Burung Hitam|Blackbird]]*, dan dipanggil sebagai *[[Trimeresurus flavoviridis|Habu]]* oleh anak kapalnya, yang mana merujuk kepada spesies Ular Kapak yang terdapat di Okinawa. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson telah dipertanggungjawab untuk membangunkan banyak konsep reka bentuk inovatif. Antara ciri-ciri pertahanan pesawat ini adalah kelajuan dan aras penerbangan yang tinggi, di mana sekiranya pelancaran sebuah peluru berpandu permukaan ke udara dikesan, tindakan mengelak piawai mudah adalah dengan memecut. Pesawat SR-71 digunakan di dalam perkhidmatan bermula pada tahun 1964 sehingga 1998, dengan sejumlah 12 daripada 32 buah pesawat telah musnah di dalam kemalangan. Walau bagaimanapun, tiada sebuahpun yang musnah disebabkan oleh tindakan musuh.

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## Pautan luar

* SR-71.org web site
* Blackbird Spotting, maps the location of every existing Blackbird 
* Operation of the SR-71 
* The heart of the SR-71: the J58 engine
* The Online Blackbird Museum
* Crash site of SR-71 #953 - Crashed on 19 December 1969
* SR-71 page and First-hand account of SR-71 maintenance on Blackbirds.net
* The SR-71 Pilot Full Pressure Suit
* Aircraft-Info.net Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird"
* Interesting SR-71 Information and Stories on area51zone.com
* Summary of SR-71 Serial Numbers 
* SR-71 Blackbird photographs  and videos at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center's web site 
* The Advent, Evolution, and New Horizons of United States Stealth Aircraft 
* Peter Law's detailed technical presentations on SR-71 thermal and propulsion design features 
* The Blackbird at the Museum of Flight, history and photographs 
* SR-71 Flight Manual