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http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/celebrate-the-51st-anniversary-of-the-sr-71-blackbirds-1749338300
Some numbers from the Blackbird family of planes:
35 miles per minute or 3,100 feet per second is how fast the SR-71 could fly
170,000 pounds was how much a fully fueled and outfitted Blackbird weighed
59,000 pounds was what one weighed empty
107 feet, 5 inches is the length of a Blackbird
85,000 feet is the official Blackbird ceiling, although it supposedly could fly higher
34,000 pounds of thrust were what each of the SR-71s J-58 engines put out in afterburner
17,300 total sorties were flown by the Blackbird family of aircraft
3,551 of these sorties were operational missions
11,675 hours were spent over mach three
53,490 total flight hours were amassed on the fleet
Just 8 crew members had more than 1,000 hours in the jet
Only 86 SR-71 pilots and 86 RSOs flew operational missions
385 total persons have reached mach three in a Blackbird, including 105 VIPs
478 total people have flown in Blackbirds
32 SR-71s were built
50 total Blackbird family aircraft were built (A-12, YF-12, SR-71, M-21)
1 hour and 4 minutes was how fast the SR-71 could go from Los Angeles to Washington D.C.
$33,000,000 was the cost to build a single SR-71 Blackbird
900 degrees Fahrenheit was how hot the SR-71s skin got during high-speed runs
3,200 degrees Fahrenheit was the temperature of the J-58 engines exhaust at maximum output
Over 1,000 missiles were launched at the SR-71 without any losses
5 pounds is how much weight a SR-71 crew member could lose in their pressure suit during a four our mission
85 percent of the Blackbirds skin is titanium, the other 15 percent is carbon composites
2.5G was the SR-71s structural stress limit
About 16 starts per engine worth of Triethylborane (TEB) were carried on an SR-71 mission as the Blackbirds engines could not be restarted in the air without the TEB accelerant.
140 degrees Fahrenheit was the flash-point of the SR-71s JP-7 fuel. Normal jet fuel has a flash-point of 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
56 KC-135s were converted to KC-135Q/Ts that could refuel Blackbirds
20 of the 50 Blackbird aircraft family were written off in crashes and mishaps
6 inches is how much longer the SR-71 would grow at high speed due to heat expansion
Zero was the number of computers used to design the Blackbird
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/celebrate-the-51st-anniversary-of-the-sr-71-blackbirds-1749338300
Some numbers from the Blackbird family of planes:
35 miles per minute or 3,100 feet per second is how fast the SR-71 could fly
170,000 pounds was how much a fully fueled and outfitted Blackbird weighed
59,000 pounds was what one weighed empty
107 feet, 5 inches is the length of a Blackbird
85,000 feet is the official Blackbird ceiling, although it supposedly could fly higher
34,000 pounds of thrust were what each of the SR-71s J-58 engines put out in afterburner
17,300 total sorties were flown by the Blackbird family of aircraft
3,551 of these sorties were operational missions
11,675 hours were spent over mach three
53,490 total flight hours were amassed on the fleet
Just 8 crew members had more than 1,000 hours in the jet
Only 86 SR-71 pilots and 86 RSOs flew operational missions
385 total persons have reached mach three in a Blackbird, including 105 VIPs
478 total people have flown in Blackbirds
32 SR-71s were built
50 total Blackbird family aircraft were built (A-12, YF-12, SR-71, M-21)
1 hour and 4 minutes was how fast the SR-71 could go from Los Angeles to Washington D.C.
$33,000,000 was the cost to build a single SR-71 Blackbird
900 degrees Fahrenheit was how hot the SR-71s skin got during high-speed runs
3,200 degrees Fahrenheit was the temperature of the J-58 engines exhaust at maximum output
Over 1,000 missiles were launched at the SR-71 without any losses
5 pounds is how much weight a SR-71 crew member could lose in their pressure suit during a four our mission
85 percent of the Blackbirds skin is titanium, the other 15 percent is carbon composites
2.5G was the SR-71s structural stress limit
About 16 starts per engine worth of Triethylborane (TEB) were carried on an SR-71 mission as the Blackbirds engines could not be restarted in the air without the TEB accelerant.
140 degrees Fahrenheit was the flash-point of the SR-71s JP-7 fuel. Normal jet fuel has a flash-point of 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
56 KC-135s were converted to KC-135Q/Ts that could refuel Blackbirds
20 of the 50 Blackbird aircraft family were written off in crashes and mishaps
6 inches is how much longer the SR-71 would grow at high speed due to heat expansion
Zero was the number of computers used to design the Blackbird
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