“The fine art of pulling the throttle ever so slightly up and just into the minimum burner range was handed down…
Cold War EraMilitary Aviation
“The fine art of pulling the throttle ever so slightly up and just into the minimum burner range was handed down…
‘Shul’s narrative of flight at or above Mach 3.5 is so far the most detailed evidence available of SR-71 top speeds,’…
Above Mach 2.2, some of the airflow is bled from the fourth stage of the compressor and dumped into the augmentor…
The J58 generated a maximum thrust of 32,500 pounds — more than 160,000 shaft horsepower — and was the most powerful…
“The SR-71 pilot circled around behind the crowd and came in behind the hangers so as not to be seen or…
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