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Lockheed's SR-71 "Blackbird" Family -A-12, F-12, D-21, SR-71 -Aerofax Paperback – March 31, 2003

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The Lockheed 'Blackbird' aircraft family is arguably the most famous in the world. Developed for the USAF as reconnaissance aircraft nearly 40 years ago, SR-71s remained the world's fastest and highest-flying production aircraft throughout their operational existence. For the first time, the stories of the development program, the General Dynamics "Kingfish" competition, the M-21 and D-21 effort, the F-12 saga, and the operational history of the A-12 and SR-71 under the auspices of the CIA and the Air Force are all covered in detail.

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128 pages
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English
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Midland
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March 31, 2003
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8.5 x 0.37 x 11 inches
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1857801385
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978-1857801385
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Midland; First Printing edition (March 31, 2003)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1857801385
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1857801385
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.37 x 11 inches

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Donald C. Bingaman

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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016

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Great book on a fascinating feat of engineering.

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Reva in SoCal

excellent source of material

Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2016

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Bought for my husband. Says that it is a key reference work, excellent source of material.

Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2003

This is the latest book on Lockheed's Blackbird family of "Titanium Wonderbirds" from the mind of aeronautical genius Kelly Johnson. The text is very complete with many details on development, various "firsts", record flights, summaries of individual airframes and operational statistics. There are many very good black and white photos and a color section at the end of the book. The color section has several never before published pictures, but the quality of most of them is definately not up to Mr Goodalls' normal standards. There are a couple of caption errors such as the one on top of page 126 that says it is of 2 reactivated SR-71s at Palmdale. It is actually of two SR-71s at the time of their 1990 retirement and it was taken on the south run up pad at Beale AFB, CA. The control tower and individual SR shelters are barely visible on the horizon between the two aircraft.
The book has very good coverage of the Tagboard/Senior Bowl program with the D-21 on the M-21 and B-52H. This program was also covered in Mr Goodall's previous book on the Blackbirds with some different pictures.
If you are interested in just one book that covers the entire Blackbird history from initial development to final retirement, this is the book to get.

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AS BUNTING

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 2, 2011

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More accurately entitled "Lockheed's Mach 3 aircraft" as the SR is but one chapter, this is an odd book that falls somewhere between a project history and a technical reference.

I have the impression that it was written freelance and then packaged into an Aerofax format.

It *is* easy to read and brings-together the information relating to the projects, but never really pushes into the technical arena beyond the minimum required to explain development problems. For example, we are never actually told how an SR-71's structure was modified to handle almost 50% greater MTOW than the A-12. The one exception is the chapter on the J58, which is excellent.

The chapters on each project instead concentrate more on general chronological progress, and although there are individual airframe histories at the back I was still surprised to finish the book without really encountering the technical info expected from an Aerofax.

The photos are also an odd mix of the esoteric and the overly-familiar.

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