• Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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    Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largely of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-type material) to reduce radar cross-section; Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines feature large inlet shock cones.
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Eric Long and Mark Avino
Date Created
10/16/2019
Source
National Air and Space Museum & Smithsonian Institution Archives
Keywords
Aircraft; Aviation; Cold War; Military; Reconaissance
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