Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird #959 Big Tail was taking fuel from Boeing KC-135Q Stratotanker.(Credits: U.S. Air Force) In this post, we will share with you a video of KC-135Q tanker refueling Mach 3 SR- 71 Blackbird spy plane. The cool video in this post shows a rendezvous between an SR-71 Mach …
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The Lockheed Skunk Works (now Lockheed Martin) built the original SR-71 aircraft. Each aircraft is 107.4 feet long, has a wingspan of 55.6 feet, and is 18.5 feet high (from the ground to the top of the rudders, when parked). Gross takeoff weight is about 140,000 pounds, including a possible …
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on Jun. 1, 2019 Former SR-71 pilot Lieutenant Colonel Ben Bowles has passed away. Ben Douglas Bowles, 87, of Salem, was born on Jan. 14, 1932. Ben was born in Richmond and raised near Roanoke and in Detroit, MI. The family relocated to Salem, VA where he learned to fly …
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