Description
| Product ID: | 9781472813152 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | IN |
| Title: | SR-71 Blackbird |
| Authors: | Author: Paul F. Crickmore |
| Page Count: | 160 |
| Subjects: | Air forces and warfare, Air forces & warfare, Military vehicles, Aircraft and aviation, Military aircraft, Aircraft: general interest |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Drawing on declassified material, the author reveals the history of the most fascinating of aircraft, accompanied by a range of fantastic illustrations, photographs and facts about the world's most secret spy plane. Lockheed''s SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most iconic and famous jets ever built. Assembled in secret at Lockheed''s Skunk Works, the Blackbird''s vital statistics remain phenomenal, decades later. It holds the airspeed record for a manned jet aircraft, operated at an altitude other aircraft could barely touch, and was a marvel of technical engineering. Drawing on declassified material, leading SR-71 expert Paul Crickmore reveals the history of this fascinating aircraft, accompanied by a range of fantastic illustrations, photographs, and facts about the world''s most secret spy plane. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-05-19 |
