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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN num: 9781840373820
ISBN number: 1840373822
Label: The Crowood Press
Manufacturer: The Crowood Press
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 96
Printing Date: April 09, 2005
Publishing house: The Crowood Press
Sale Popularity Level: 671376
Studio: The Crowood Press
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No other aircraft has approached the spectacular performance of the Blackbird. It flew at over three and a half times the speed of sound at 88,000 feet, an altitude that was at the very edge of space. It had an unrefuelled range of 3,500 miles and its two Pratt and Whitney J58 bypass turbojets generated 60,000 pounds of thrust and guzzled 8,000 gallons of fuel per hour. It was an awesome airplane in every respect. In 1964 America's President Johnson announced that Lockheed had developed an aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance and so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. It took the world by storm. It was developed by the renowned Lockheed Skunk Works and employed many forms of new technology made necessary by the excesses of speed, altitude and temperature to which the aircraft was subjected. It served for many years during the Cold War until superseded by satellite technology. This is the perfect introductory book for the general reader, enthusiast and modeler alike wishing to find a succinct yet detailed introduction to the design and history of the Blackbird. Why was the aircraft conceived? What was it like to fly in combat? Who were the people who designed it and became famous for flying it? What were its virtues and vices? These and many more questions are answered here, plus a host of illustrations that show variations of colour schemes used in different operational theatres of combat and rare photographs taken when the heat was on.
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Paul Crickmore is among the top experts on the Blackbird and with this book he presents many facts about the design, the construction and the operational history of the A-12 and the SR-71 without suffocating the reader in a sea of details, like his other books on the subject. While the account of the various missions flown by the SR-71s was very interesting, I found the technical chapter "Design Accomplishments" a real marvel. Crickmore gives also interesting appendices with the serial numbers and the fate of every single A-12, F-12 and SR-71, some guide to modellers looking for available kits, information on the NASA use of the aircraft and the world records set by the Blackbird that still stand. The photographs are very good (most of them grey and white) with highly informative captions, the drawings are excellent, but there is the serious omission of not including in the book a table of technical characteristics.
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