RE: Speed? (Blackbird)

From: The Man From Utopia (tmfu@home.com)
Date: Sun Feb 20 2000 - 02:34:17 EST


> Just to break the ice on the Blackbird technology, it was
> designed and flown in the late 50's not the 60's. At that present time
the U-2
> was flying spy mission.

True as the A-12, in the 60's it was redesignated SR-71. It original mission
was to deliver nukes to the USSR. After Gary Powers got wacked they switched
to the SR-71 for USSR flyovers. Unoffically the plane flew at Mach 7.0..

Greg
95 DSCC v6 5spd
Rahway NJ



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