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This is my favourite airplane of all time, I mean just look at it! It could do mach 3.2 at 85000 feet, the fastest airplane to this day.
This video from the entertaining Thoughty2, is a short history of its development which, incredibly, started in the late 1950s as the A-12 that was then upgraded to the SR-71. There's much more detail available on the web, or in books.
This video from the entertaining Thoughty2, is a short history of its development which, incredibly, started in the late 1950s as the A-12 that was then upgraded to the SR-71. There's much more detail available on the web, or in books.
Lockheed A-12 - Wikipedia
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird - Wikipedia
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