Flying the SR-71 Blackbird (eBook)

In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission

Richard H. Graham (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019 | Revised Edition, Updated to larger trim and 4c throughout
224 Seiten
Motorbooks (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6642-4 (ISBN)

Infos

For anyone who has ever wondered what its like to fly the SR-71 on a secret Mach 3 reconnaissance mission, this book has the answer. Completely redesigned and updated with photos from author Colonel Richard H. Grahams personal archive, as well as a new introduction, Flying the SR-71 Blackbird details what an SR-71 mission entailed, from planning to donning a pressure suit to returning to base. The Lockheed SR-71, unofficially known as the Blackbird, was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed by Lockheed Skunk Works. The aircraft flew so fast and high that not one was ever shot down, even by a missile. SR-71 pilot and instructor Colonel Richard Graham offers a rare cockpit perspective on how regular Air Force pilots and navigators transformed themselves into SR-71 Blackbird crews, turning their unique aviation talents to account in an unprecedented way. Arguably the worlds foremost expert on piloting the Blackbird, Graham takes readers along on an operational mission that only a few Air Force pilots have ever experienced.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2019
• Vorwort: Jay Miller
• Zusatzinfo: 65 photos, 175 diagrams
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: 1960s • 60s • a-12 • aeorspace engineering • air speed record • altitude records • American • archangel • Blackbird • Bomber • Camouflage • CIA • clarence kelly johnson • cockpit perspective • Cold War • Crew • Defense • Engine • fastest air-breathing manned aircraft • flight record • habu • images • interception • jet aircraft • Lockheed • Lockheed Martin • mach 3 • military aviation • military history • military jet • military planes • missile launch • Navigation • photography • Photos • Pictures • pressure suit • Radar • reconnaissance aircraft • reconnaissance planes • Sixties • skunk works • Skunkworks • spycraft • spy planes • spyplanes • SR-71 • SR-71 Blackbird • supersonic • Top Speed • United States • U.S. • USA • US Air Force • Vehicle • what it's like to be an air force pilot • world's highest flying jet • xb-70 valkyrie
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6642-X / 076036642X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6642-4 / 9780760366424