Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Pace, Steve
Crowood Aviation Series
First Edition
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird remains to this day the most sophisticated manned spyplane ever built and operated. It grew from the ClA-funded A-12, which made its maiden flight at the top-secret Area 51 on 26 April 1962. The A-12 was developed into the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, but not before its siblings, the F-12 and M-21, were created. It is these four very different - yet closely related - aircraft that form the Blackbird series.
Steve Pace has closely researched this extraordinarily advanced family of aircraft, and this book includes full details of their design, manufacture and thirty-year service with the American Central Intelligence Agency, US Air Force Strategie Air Command and NASA. He also includes information on the air-launched, ramjet-powered D-21 reconnaissance drone - the world's first unmanned aircraft designed from the outset to use stealth as its defence. Featuring personal accounts by the aircraft's creators and operators, fresh and fascinating information not found in other references, and many high-quality photographs, this is an essential reference book for anyone interested in the Blackbird series of aircraft.
Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
176 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, one corner slightly bumped
Wiltshire, England - 2004 - The Crowood Press
Art.Nr. 23793
