Some stories first appeared in richard grahams sr71 blackbird. Besides reading about the great adventures encountered flying sr71 sorties, the book describes the demise of the sr71 program, which was actually very interesting. It starts out a little slow, but gets more interesting later in the book. The legendary sr71 blackbird spy plane was, and still is, the worlds only operational mach 3 aircraft, and was designed, built, and tested by lockheeds famed skunk works. Tom pugh is an sr71 blackbird pilot and past commander of the 9th srw at beale afb in california. The lockheed sr71 blackbird was a longrange, mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft developed by lockheeds topsecret skunk works.
Pdf sr 71 blackbird stories tales and legends download. Colonel grahams books on the sr71 include sr71 revealed. This is the reprinted facsimile edition of the manual issued to crew members of the us air forces sleek sr71, now available with photos and annotations by former blackbird pilot richard graham. It contains stories told from many different people mostly pilots involved in the blackbird program. This once highly classified program is fully revealed through the words of pilots, commanders, mechanics, and instructors involved in the blackbirds creation and feel the mach 3 power generated by lockheeds incredibly fast sr71 blackbird. Feel the mach 3 power generated by lockheeds incredibly fast sr71 blackbird. Sr71 blackbird by rich graham, 9780760311424, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Extremely well done, especially your side bars and editorial comment.
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