This is the reprinted facsimile edition of the manual issued to crew members of the us air forces sleek sr71, now available with photos and annotations by former blackbird pilot richard graham. I see that the sr71 flight manual was made public as a pdf, but it has proven. When a document becomes declassified, it also becomes public domain. The flight manual has been scanned from a good quality. This massive volume, the sr71 flight manual, is a facsimile reprint of the official flight manual issued to sr71 crew members augmented with anecdotes and and descriptions of flight procedures from former sr71 pilot col. The listing includes all rsos and vips that flew in the aircraft. Home blackbird archive sr71 flight manual section ii. The listing is from the first person to fly the aircraft to the last person qualified.
No is asserted for the content that is presented on this web site from the sr71 flight manual. Divided into seven sections, the book covers in minute detail everything from the sr71 trainer to. The lockheed sr71 blackbird so named for its heatresistant black paint first flew in 1964, and since that time it has remained the worlds fastest. Cooling the cockpit and crew turned out to be seven times as difficult as on the x 15 research airplane which flew as much as twice as fast as the sr71 but only for a few minutes per flight. Mig15 low pass as a thank you from the pilot for the maintenance. Read download lockheed sr 71 blackbird manual pdf pdf. Sr71b blackbird, nasa 831, slices across the snowcovered southern sierra nevada mountains of california after being refueled by an air force tanker during a 1994 flight. The lockheed sr71 blackbird was a longrange, mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft developed by lockheeds topsecret skunk works. Eastham, lockheed test pilot and the first person to fly the yf12a on august 07, 1963. Home blackbird archive sr71 flight manual section i. An online aircraft museum page rendered on 19 may 2020 at 12. According to the sr71 pilots handbook flight manual, mach 3. The complete book of the sr71 blackbird pdf planes, my books, things.
Lockheed sr71 blackbird pilots flight operating instructions, by united states air force and lockheed aircraft periscope film llc, january. The official us air force sr71a flight manualdeclassified. For the first time, the sr71 flight manual is available online. This title contains flight manuals for the fabulous mach 3 lockheed sr71 blackbird. Website is currently getting the internet hug of death, but someone managed to scan the almost entirety of the sr71 flight manual. Listing of all personel who flew the blackbirds sr71.
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