The SR-71 Sistership

[chiefsfan1]

I have always been fascinated by the SR-71 and its variants.
After reading this thread,
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/3575147/How_the_SR-71%27s_engine_works%28P#Post3575147
I spent some time on YouTube. YIKES,

I found this on the M21 and the accident after launch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMyC2urCl_4
The D21 is a very interesting drone.

 

[Corvette Owner]

This was an ill-fated reaction to the Gary Powers U2 shoot down. Not a good example of American Aviation ideas/developement.

I too, like the SR.-71, seeing one in the National Air Space Museum was great! Not a small aircraft.

 

[Astro14]

The Blackbird in the Seattle Museum of Flight (a fantastic museum by the way) is an M-21 variant. Only one left, I think.

 

[tom slick]

Blackbird park at USAF Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif. has a drone from that program. It would have been amazing to work in flight test back then.

 

[RF Overlord]

The SR-71 Blackbird is my favourite aircraft of all time. I saw one up close at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah in 2002. An SR-72 would be way cool...

 

[HerrStig]

The initial request was for a high altitude interceptor.

 

[chiefsfan1]

Originally Posted By: RF Overlord
The SR-71 Blackbird is my favourite aircraft of all time. I saw one up close at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah in 2002. An SR-72 would be way cool...


Well.....
There is the rumored Aurora aircraft that replaced it. But who knows what is at Area 51 now....