Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporat
Lockheed SR 71 Blackbird
SR-71 Blackbird assembly line at Skunk Works
Tandem cockpits
No-step areas are outlined in red on the SR-71A at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB. Operational aircraft had the words NO STEP to indicate to which side of the line the warning applied.
Kelly Johnson (engineer)
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Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
…include "Blackbird" and "Habu". The SR-71 was developed in the 1960s as a black project by Lockheed's Skunk Works division. American aerospace engineer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson was responsible for many of the SR-71's innovative concepts. Its shape was based on the Lockheed A-12, a pioneer in stealth technology with its reduced…
Johnson, c. 1975
Kelly Johnson and Gary Powers in front of a U-2.
Kelly Johnson participated in the design of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, testing a model with a single vertical stabilizer in the wind tunnel of the University of Michigan.
A design of the Lockheed A-3 (Mach 3 ramjet), sketch from Johnson's notebook