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The SR-71 Blackbird's tires were silver because the rubber was laced with powdered aluminum, inflated with nitrogen to 415 psi, cost $2,300 each, and...
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The SR-71 Blackbird's tires were silver because the rubber was laced with powdered aluminum, inflated with nitrogen to 415 psi, cost $2,300 each, and...
The external stations were mechanically disabled under START so the aircraft could be verified as non-nuclear. BEAST — B-1 Embracing Agile Scheduling — brings...
The 74-year-old Stratofortress is on its 13th distinct upgrade. Its 9,000-mile combat range and 70,000-pound bomb load gain from the F130 swap, which rolls...
Tim Conners, NASA's former lead propulsion engineer for the Blackbird, says the J58 engines are unserviceable after 27 years, the fuel is no longer...
Designed in 1941 to strike Europe from the Western Hemisphere if Britain fell, the B-36 was saved by Gen. Hap Arnold the day Hiroshima...
Mike Relja, who kept NASA's SR-71A flying, told Aviation Week 'I just don't think you can get there from here.' The F-14 has been...
Ben Rich's paper reshaped the Blackbird's forward fuselage with blunter chines, a rounded underside and a longer nose for radar to fit the 14-foot...
No new parts may be built under the bill, so F-14D Tomcat restorers must work from Navy stocks. The F110 engines are the easy...
Pilots called the side-by-side two-seater 'the Drumstick.' Its DIANE radar painted the terrain on a green screen for night attacks, and later FLIR let...
The 85% titanium skin broke drill bits every 17 holes and could only be washed with distilled water. Lockheed has teased an unmanned SR-72...