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Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission.

Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission. By Richard H. Graham. Minneapolis, Minn.: Zenith Press, 2008. Illustrations. Photographs. Appendices. Index. Pp. xv, 288. $25.95 ISBN: 0-7603-3239-9

This book is not fiction. It is a detailed description of the SR-71 aircraft which uses a step-by-step examination of the pilot's flight checklist items as a means to present new information on this remarkable aircraft. Blackbirds routinely flew at speeds in excess of three times the speed of sound (Mach 3+) at altitudes in excess of 80,000 feet, and they flew...

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