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 Blackbird, dan dipanggil sebagai 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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Bibliografi

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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 

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