Der Transatlantik- Rekord der Lockheed SR 71 Blackbird

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New York to London SR-71 Speed Run

On September 1, 1974 Major James V. Sullivan, 37 (pilot) and Noel F. Widdifield, 33 (reconnaissance systems officer) (photo inset), flashed across the starting line (radar gates in New York) at approximately 80,000 feet and speed in excess of 2,000 miles per hour. Exactly 1 hour 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds later, they had set a new world speed record from New York to London England. The average speed was 1,807 statute mph over the 3,461 statute mile course, slowing to refuel one time from a specially modified KC-135 refueling tanker. The aircraft was placed on static display at Farnborough Air Show for 1 week. It marked the first time the secret plane had been on public display outside of the United States.

Another historic speed record was set on the return trip to the United States. Capt Harold B. Adams, 31 (pilot), and Major William Machorek, 32 (reconnaissance systems operator), set a speed record from London to Los Angeles. They returned the Blackbird 5,447 statute miles in 3 hours 47 minutes and 39 seconds for an average speed of 1,435 miles per hour. The difference in the two speed records was due to refueling requirements and having to slow over major US cities. Even so a large number of people in Los Angeles reported broken windows due to the sonic boom.

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London to Los Angeles
On Sept. 13, 1974, Capt. Harold B. (Buck) Adams, Pilot, with Maj. Williams C. Machorek, Reconnaissance
Systems Operator, flew the SR-71 Blackbird across seven time zones from London to Los Angeles in a race
with the sun. The 3 hour, 47 minute and 39 second flight established a record over the 5,447 statute mile route but an added aerial refueling over the longer distance produced a slower ground speed of 1,435 mph. The aircraft arrived (by California time) almost four hours before its London-time departure. For their record-setting flights, the pilots received the De La Vaulx medal given by Federal Aeronautique Internationale. The medal is awarded to individuals for establishing absolute world records for highest performance without regard to size of aircraft or power plant.

Und diese Rekorde stehen immer noch!

Und der Flieger wurde vor 50 jahren entwickelt!

Nun, man munkelt, daß in den Skunk Works von Lockheed etwas stehen soll, was noch anscheinend streng geheim sein sollte.Man spekuliert hier über die Lockheed Aurora, welches ein schwarzes Programm sein soll, welches die US- Regierung derart vehement dementiert, daß es in den Augen von Fachleuten schon fast auffällig ist....Die Aurora soll mit Scram- Jets ausgestattet sein.
Bis jetzt purer Spekulatius, aber die USAF hatte seinerzeit das Oxcart- Programm auch über Jahre hinweg dementiert, bis die YF 12 und die SR 71 der öffentlichkeit präsentiert wurden.......

Du warst auch in Mildenhall??

Ich war mit meinem Vater 1985 in Mildenhall bei der Air Fete. Da hab ich das Dingens fliegen sehen. Gigantisch.....laut.....

Schaut mal hier die tailpipe glüht:

Bilderquelle!

Exzessives Infomaterial über das Triebwerk ist hier!

Als kleines Bonbon gibt es hier das Manual der SR 71 Blackbird als Download!