Throughout its 34-year Cold War career with the USAF and CIA, the top secret Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft. Dedicated to strategic reconnaissance, the Blackbird was so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. The co-authors are world authorities on the Blackbird and give rare insights into the secret world of the SR-71, its genesis, construction and anatomy (including its use of stealth technology), and its operation and maintenance in peace and war.
- ISBN10 0857331566
- ISBN13 9780857331564
- Publish Date 17 July 2012
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 23 July 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Haynes Publishing Group
- Imprint J H Haynes & Co Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English