SR-71A · BLACKBIRD
LOCKHEED · SKUNK WORKS
ALT / FT
000000
MACH
0.00
HDG
000°
PITCH
+0°
STATUS
LIVE
FUEL
100%
G-FORCE
1.0
SYS
NOMINAL
1964 · SKUNK WORKS
A BLACK PROJECT
BUILT IN SECRECY · GROOM LAKE
AIRFRAME
92% TITANIUM
SOURCED COVERTLY · FROM THE USSR
CEILING · VELOCITY
EDGE OF SPACE
85,000 FT · MACH 3.3
DOCTRINE
OUTRUN THE MISSILE
NONE EVER LOST TO ENEMY FIRE
1966 — 1999
HER RECORD STANDS
3,551 FLIGHTS · NEVER SURPASSED
SCROLL
· TECHNICAL READOUT ·
SPECIFICATIONS
01 · TOP SPEED
2,193.2
MPH
02 · CRUISE
MACH 3.2
03 · SERVICE CEILING
85,069
FT
04 · RANGE
2,900
NM
05 · LENGTH
107
FT 5 IN
06 · WINGSPAN
55
FT 7 IN
07 · EMPTY WEIGHT
67,500
LB
08 · CREW
02
PILOT · RSO
09 · FIRST FLIGHT
1964.12.22
10 · RETIRED
1999
COCKPIT TRANSMISSION · 1986
“THE ONLY THING I KNEW FOR SUREWAS THAT I WAS NEVER, EVER
GOING TO FLY THAT FAST AGAIN.”
— MAJ. BRIAN SHUL · SR-71 PILOT
· THE LEGACY ·
RECORD
UNBROKEN
RETIRED 1999 · 3,551 FLIGHTS · 53,490 HOURS
NONE LOST TO ENEMY FIRE · NONE SURPASSED
NONE LOST TO ENEMY FIRE · NONE SURPASSED
1976
ABSOLUTE SPEED RECORD · 2,193.2 MPH
1976
ABSOLUTE ALTITUDE RECORD · 85,069 FT
1974
NEW YORK → LONDON · 1H 54M
1990
COAST TO COAST · 67M 54S
MACH 3.3 · CLASSIFIED · 1964 — 1999
NOTHING HAS FLOWN FASTER SINCE.
END OF TRANSMISSION