Some awesome footage of the SR-71 at the RIAT in England Including a low fast pass with afterburners !! Awesome stuff !! :) Copyright as stated,
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@frogstamper10 жыл бұрын
Fifty years later the SR71 still has to be the coolest looking plane ever built.....what a plane.
@SMVvids10 жыл бұрын
Sucks they don't use it anymore, I'd love to take that thing for a spin!
@zeitgeist204910 жыл бұрын
))) Valkyrie ;)
@oldi18410 жыл бұрын
Satchel Hogan Why use obsolete toy? They have much better toys now? Classified of course. Some whistle blowers says they can fly at few % of speed of light.
@XxJaguar2210 жыл бұрын
Satchel Hogan hahaha, too bad the U.S. government would never let you do that, and I am putting a lot of stress on never. Their top speed is still classified, but it took a little over one hour for it to reach New York from California. I doubt they would let a civilian EVER ride in one, unless you are a billionaire...
@AugustusTitus10 жыл бұрын
oldi184 Because the only things faster are missles or The Space Shuttle (eventually, but not at first).
@jerryfrechette19089 жыл бұрын
I am a retired Air Force pilot. One day in the early 70's I was flying along at 49,000 feet at about mach .95, and lo and behold way above me was an aircraft passing me like I was standing still. It was so high, I could not visually identify it, but obviously it was an SR-71.
@cobravideos46366 жыл бұрын
Jerry Frechette UFO?
@Ace-Av8er6 жыл бұрын
Jerry Frechette which aircraft were you flying at 49000 feet? Sir.
@lucky47246 жыл бұрын
Jerry Frechette nice story sir, 31st an 86TH TACTICAL FIGHTER WING "73-78", 63150 refueling unit !!!! JP-4 salute sir !!!
@TheFallofTheEleventh5 жыл бұрын
Jerry Frechette that was me sorry. My girlfriend texted me that she was home alone
@danconner5045 жыл бұрын
Jerry if it was an SR 71 you were standing still 😂
@D3cyTH3r8 жыл бұрын
1960's technology... makes you wonder what they are designing now.
@Skojs8 жыл бұрын
Nothing of that sort, you get better res from orbit today then what thay could produce back then
@Skojs7 жыл бұрын
ills ke Resolution
@jimellenw7 жыл бұрын
Cutting edge. Titanium. Fuel JP7 just for this plane. Had to be ignited by triethlyborane. In open air it would spontaneously combust.The JP7 autoignition temperature was so high you couldn't get it to go alone. Drop a lit match in it and it goes out! JP7 was used for cooling of the airframe before burn - preheat of sorts. A compound was in the JP7 to disguise the exhaust plume from radar. Thermal expansion sealed the fuel tanks at altitude and speed. They weeped fuel on the ground. Surface coating for radiant heat transfer and radar absorption as well. And on and on.
@hjembrentkent61817 жыл бұрын
Reading that gave me a semi
@hwoods017 жыл бұрын
Thermal expansion did help to seal the tanks @ temp, but at lower temps' these gaps would leak all the fuel -- if those gaps weren't 'filled in' with a substance to help seal those gaps. The gaps were filled with "elastopolymers". This tar like substance worked great after initial application, but slowly degraded over time & use until the leaking fuel was significant enough to effect performance. At some point the aircraft was taken back to Palmdale for re-sealing. One of the problems with bringing the aircraft back is that, by todays standards, the elastoploymer is listed as a carcinogen.
@LostMyMojo1006 жыл бұрын
And to think the engineers designed this baby with slide rules and pencils.......... Pure genius....
@xres13293 жыл бұрын
Well-sort of. But if it were not made in the US of A - the comments would be critiques about "copying". See "The Flight of the Phoenix" movie to get the idea how to get the idea...🤣 Then google Griffon III from France. Third step: Apply the Phoenix idea to two Griffons and add a long fuselage between them for fuel.
@romanhorak55032 жыл бұрын
I bet somebody in a white lab coat had to put a stack of punch cards into a computer the size of a warehouse to calculate a quadratic equation at some point.
@johnwriterpoet17839 жыл бұрын
Designed in the 1950's and it's the most futuristic looking plane yet.
@YZ250W19 жыл бұрын
John A Designed with slide rules back when real men built airplanes. Kelly Johnson was a genius.
@YZ250W18 жыл бұрын
If I have to explain it to you, there is no point and I'm not going to waste my time.
@chrisbaker29038 жыл бұрын
+Michael frumento What exactly didn't you understand about his statement? Real men as opposed to a committee? Don't know what a slide rule is? What exactly "that" are you referring to?
@ssspencer77788 жыл бұрын
It was built in 1966. and the a 12 was built 1 year before it
@1973Washu7 жыл бұрын
It has more of a very retro-futuristic look, it is the sort of look that the Jetson's has.
@ridcomics936410 жыл бұрын
This Jet flew right over my house in 1971 I was only 7 and sitting on the roof with my dad to watch the Air Show but little did we know this Bird was going to make a fly by right over top of our house that day. I will never forget the blasting hum in my ears and my dad crouched down because the damn thing was so big it looked as if it was going to touch us. It was so huge even though it was flying relatively high it seemed as if it was within arms reach. Just after it passed over top our house shook and are ears began to hum then there was this huge bang like thunder then it was gone just like that. I was never so scared and excited in my life at the same time as when I saw this beast of a bird flying right over my head that day. I feel privileged to have had that moment only wish we had taken a picture of it, but its engraved in my memory for ever man oh man what a ride.
@thesilentsnake36339 жыл бұрын
One lucky person.
@MrDaiseymay9 жыл бұрын
Can it VTO ?
@killer26009 жыл бұрын
Philip Croft No it can't do a vertical take off
@Aerochalklate9 жыл бұрын
that huge bang is called a supersonic boom where something goes faster than the speed of sound
@ridcomics93649 жыл бұрын
Ya I know just didn't use that word at the time I posted my comment but yes it was loud man. Cheers
@Adahop8 жыл бұрын
I get tears in my eyes just watching this masterpiece fly.
@teresajones47938 жыл бұрын
Yeah me to
@TheCentori7 жыл бұрын
As do I.....
@biggin54346 жыл бұрын
Adahop glad I'm not the only one
@soursock3116 жыл бұрын
Adahop i
@cripinboombopbamcuz22316 жыл бұрын
Adahop lmao. #lonelyfuck
@FATHERKNOSEBEST4 ай бұрын
Greetings from Chula Vista, California! Proud to say my father welded the titanium on these beautiful jets in the late 50's and into the mid 1960's. We lived in Manhattan Beach at the time then moved to Burbank, California. I'll be 66 soon and I was born in 1958. Torrance , California. God Bless!
@ralphcrisp28963 ай бұрын
I've been told that Kelly Johnson was stumped by the math that, by formula, was limiting the plane's speed. Someone told him to cool the plane...that the problem was caused by heat. Kelly Johnson's calculations factored in the added weight of the special paint that cools the SR-71. The math indicated that the added weight would only slow the plane even more. But he went with the idea anyway. And it worked!
@ollijokinen15718 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this things was made in the 1960's! So it is over 50 years old and still is the fastest aircraft, and probably has the most futuristic look of any planes. Awesome piece of engineering. :)
@saxonlight8 жыл бұрын
+Olli Jokinen Well the problem is we don't know exactly what replaced the SR-71 because it's top-secret. I would think it goes a lot faster and higher.
@michaelm30528 жыл бұрын
+Hesperus Possibly the top secret mythical "Aurora".
@nathanmunch48928 жыл бұрын
+Michael M people actually saw exhaust trails from the Aurora
@tscooter228 жыл бұрын
+Hesperus Satellite technology didn't do the SR71 any favors. What a great plane it was! R.I.P.
@abisheydean47508 жыл бұрын
true. you are right.
@MrTurboparker9 жыл бұрын
It doesn't get any better than this, folks! You are watching the most badass aircraft in the history of aviation! I had the pleasure of watching them do their stuff from up-close at Beale AFB back in '72. The twin hopped-up Buick 425 nailhead-powered start-cart at full-song, those glorious J-58s spooling-up, the twin booms of the afterburners kicking-in, followed by the unearthly screech as they literally tore the air apart is a sound like no other on this planet. I am thankful that I was fortunate enough to witness the spectacle from as close as one could get without getting shot.
@coledrinkwater94875 жыл бұрын
I can't believe this was made in the 60s It's the fastest plane to exist I would love to fly this!
@glennmsparks5 жыл бұрын
I was there at Beale in 1971. This brings back a lot of memories.
@glennmsparks5 жыл бұрын
Sorry 1974 - 1981.
@richardteale8203 Жыл бұрын
Yep, that's the best description, the most badass plane ever created! Cheers.🍻
@joejann55433 жыл бұрын
In the mid 90’s I worked on a new electric power generating system for the SR-71 at the Aerospace company I work for. I am still proud to have been associated with that fantastic aircraft.
@richardwilliams89533 жыл бұрын
I attended that show with my Mum, we couldn't get anywhere near the perimeter fence due to the amount of people crowding at the Farnborough end, so we walked right down to the Fleet end of the runway.....when that bird left the runway she was virtually at our position and despite having our hands over our ears, it was deafening - what was more scary was the breath getting knocked out of us by the roar of those engines....an experience I will never forget.....
@joelt21059 жыл бұрын
I got the honor to see this magnificent machine when I was stationed at Kadena AB, Japan. We didn't know why it was there but the sound of those engines is a sound I will never forget!
@er10739 жыл бұрын
I was stationed on Okinawa 76-77. On the Bicentennial at Kadena AFB there were a lot of air craft. I heard this sound more like a loud rumbling sound every day at about the same time. I saw the SR-71 for the first time up close and personal on static display. It wasn't much to look at but the stats on it was tremendous. Now I knew what went over my apartment every night. It was the sound of freedom. Semper Fi to USAF thank you from a Marine :-)
@joelt21059 жыл бұрын
er1073 And a large THANK YOU for your service, my brother in arms. Semper Fi, Marine!
@er10739 жыл бұрын
You asked the question. I answered it so now what?
@lucybroughton71207 жыл бұрын
joel trevino Sophia
@keanukentgargar57434 жыл бұрын
There are only two Air Force bases that houses the black bird at that time, one being from the England and the other is at the Kadena, Japan.
@wmyrup9 жыл бұрын
My mom was a member of Skunk Works. They built these amazing planes. I remember it flying over my elementary school all the time. Along with the sonic booms. This is my all time favorite aircraft.!
@EDMiens6 жыл бұрын
wmyrup do you know what ur mom did at skunk works? like did she work as an engineer or scientist?
@robertcope30754 жыл бұрын
Don't forget we had concord about the same time British technology aye
@potatojake1978 жыл бұрын
Its sad that they are all gone and retired . My favorite plane ever .
@smoraptor8 жыл бұрын
+JakeTheSnake Well think of it this way, at least our tax dollars don't have to fill up these gas guzzlers anymore haha.
@mwangikimani39708 жыл бұрын
+JakeTheSnake Sattelite technology has made these spy planes redundant.
@potatojake1978 жыл бұрын
smoraptor yeah , but still they are cool planes .
@smoraptor8 жыл бұрын
JakeTheSnake One of my personal favorites
@CARBONHAWK18 жыл бұрын
Why did they retire a plane like this
@NoNameManFromMars7 жыл бұрын
They need to take this thing out from storage, and at least give her one more flight. Thumbs up if you agree!
@WickedRebel034 жыл бұрын
give me Death, or give me Death they have secretly 🤫
@17thwhiteprince4 жыл бұрын
Aren't they working on a SR-72 by 2025 ..
@stripervince14 жыл бұрын
They can’t fly it any more, entire industries were needed for all the parts. Special tires no one makes any more, most parts are titanium which cost a lot and needs special tooling and entire factories to make one part. It’s insane, watch some of the videos about why it would be a massive massive endeavor to get one flying again
@planettobi4 жыл бұрын
Id kill to see an air show with this birdy just one last time
@coolguy38484 жыл бұрын
10 beauty beasts of these would drain air force budget😂😂 Lighter and more powerful planes are a lot out there! Sure it may be beautiful in looking, but function was not worth the money
@michealang19 жыл бұрын
Just think about it. How perfect and masterfully made is this piece of engineering - that 51 years later it still holds the world record for the fastest production aircraft ever. God damn..
@ollijokinen15718 жыл бұрын
Yeah.
@bertoh798 жыл бұрын
+michealang1 on the other hand 12 out of 32 chrashed. I think nowadays they prefer to go safety first so there are no more records.
@michealang18 жыл бұрын
bertoh79 Its not a matter of safety to be honest, more about the money. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard to develop an aircraft that travels faster - its just a matter of money and the question: Do we actually need one? And both answers are no.
@chrisbaker29038 жыл бұрын
+michealang1 Using God's name as a curse isn't a particularly smart thing to do. There are far better ways to express your excitement. On thing I'd like to point out is that the men who designed and built these marvelous aircraft used slide rules. How many of you have to look up what a slide rule is to even see that? There were no hand calculators, Computers took up whole warehouses instead of sitting on a desktop. My phone has more computing power than ALL the computers owned or used by Lockheed and probably the United States did back then.
@michealang18 жыл бұрын
Chris Baker Whats yourpoint
@emrys26198 жыл бұрын
This is going on my Christmas list
@chrisbaker29038 жыл бұрын
+nick andhiscamera Actually from what I was told by one of the pilots it's kind of boring. You can't really see anything. You can't deviate from your flight path more than about a half degree of angle of attack or the plane comes apart. So it would be kind of like riding in an airliner by yourself, wrapped in a wet suit, inside a dry suit, with a old fashioned diver's helmet on, strapped down so you can't move and all the windows painted black.
@emrys26198 жыл бұрын
Chris Baker I was making a reference to something actually.
@chrisbaker29038 жыл бұрын
+nick andhiscamera What were you referring to then? I thought you wanted a ride.
@antonioklaic27408 жыл бұрын
+Chris Baker it was built for speed not maneuverability, it's the fastest plane around, the official record goes to the experimental YF-12 but it wasn't used in real warfare. The blackbird's missile evading system is just to speed up so that no missile can reach it.
@chrisbaker29038 жыл бұрын
+Antonio Klaić I'm quite aware of that. My other posts should make it clear. Plus Nick didn't answer my question about what he was putting on his Christmas list. The initial intention of the YF-12 was to be an interceptor not a fighter. I.E. Launch, fly to altitude and then really fast out to intercept incoming bombers and blow them up before they could reach America. Would have been a rude shock to incoming Bear pilots. Same logic as the original design specs that resulted in the Lockheed P-38. Never designed to be mass produced, never designed to be maneuverable much. They ended up instead of the expected 50 to 70 P-38s, building about 12,000 if I remember right and about half were converted to the F-5 variant which was photo reconnaissance. Interesting story in Martin Caidens book The Fork Tail Devil, in which an F-5 was sent out to photograph Japanese bases and the pilot kept on his photo run even though he could see the Japanese planes coming up to intercept him. They shot out one of his engines at which point he put the nose down a bit and the throttle full on the remaining engine and proceeded to out run the zeros. Wouldn't you hate to have to explain to your commander how your top of the line Zero, was outrun by a "crippled" enemy photo plane?
@dos91675 жыл бұрын
The Blackbird is one of the most amazing aeronautical engineering feats.
@michaelholle60614 жыл бұрын
it's 5 days from 2020,that plane looks more menacing than anything in the air today.
@RFSA1804 жыл бұрын
Laughs in AC 130
@andrew213rn4 жыл бұрын
@@RFSA180 Yeah no not even close lol
@michaelholle60614 жыл бұрын
yeah ironically she was mainly recon,imagine if she had teeth too go with that boom.you wouldn't be laughing then.
@ryzenryne87474 жыл бұрын
The UAV's are more menacing. They kill many targets.
@dawgKev4 жыл бұрын
RFSA180 AC is slow asf 💀
@fluchterschoen10 жыл бұрын
It's a pity that back then we could build amazing aircraft like this, but not a decent video camera.
@jay55also10 жыл бұрын
That's a good one.
@killer26009 жыл бұрын
They had better cameras but not in the consumer grade.
@juliebyrne91316 жыл бұрын
cause ppl werent obsessed with video cameras or anything like that back then.they had better things to do and build like this plane!
@MisterBurger26 жыл бұрын
They had HD camera's in that time. Look up a video on KZfaq: New York 1960 in HD. They knew more in that time then we did
@frank334286 жыл бұрын
they could fly over at 80,000 and tell what color eyes you have
@ReaiityCk10 жыл бұрын
I was lucky enough to see an SR-71 flight demonstration like this at an air show in California when I was 11 years old. When it makes a low pass like this you don't even hear it coming until it's already flown past you.
@wrighty93x10 жыл бұрын
That's because its faster than the speed of sound :)
@ReaiityCk10 жыл бұрын
True, but when the SR-71 did low demonstration passes over the runway the pilots kept the speed near but below the speed of sound to prevent a sonic boom which at 450-500 feet above the runway would probably have blown out the windows of every house and store within a 5 mile radius.
@lerp555510 жыл бұрын
Keith Wright yes but what about the speed of smell?
@T.A.C.S.9410 жыл бұрын
You lucky bastard!
@ReaiityCk10 жыл бұрын
Thanks, experiences like that led me to pursue a career in the USAF as a pilot but I washed out of flight training due to a minor eyesight impairment. Though I also count my blessings every time I fly my own small plane.
@daz8046 жыл бұрын
Simply a gorgeous aircraft and a masterpiece of engineering. How can you not get goosebumps watching the black beauty fly
@68mopar287 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate to see this plane retired in 1990 while in basic training in San Antonio with the Air Force. Pouring down rain but it was still awesome. They brought some out of retirement a few years later, but the plane could still do it's job. Love your video. It brings back memories!!!!!!
@karenward2673 жыл бұрын
We were on our way to see my grandparents who lived in Hampshire, UK. On the way, we passed the Farnborough airshow and saw the SR-71 as she landed having just broken the Transatlantic speed record. My mother pretended she was having car problems and pulled over to the shoulder so that my brother sister and I could get a great view of her landing. She still sends shivers up my back.
@reefer291710 жыл бұрын
Beautiful plane, unmistakeable look, a credit to the designers....
@dante001ish8 жыл бұрын
I was at this airshow and this aircraft blew my mind and ears and a few car alarms, fond memories and a shame we won't get to see her fly again.
@dante001ish4 жыл бұрын
@Satanis Von Jesus The 3rd Facts don't care about your feelings However I saw her at IAT Fairford, I even saw a duck flying once....Yes really no fibs
@davidc.pierce96316 жыл бұрын
Imagine Wilbur and Orville, standing at an airshow and witnessing this awesome craft, pass by, at full afterburner... I doubt words could exit their mouths! Words will never, sum up, the true impact of this amazing aircraft! The sound is, simply, angelic... The SR-71 Blackbird, is a gift, for the ages✈🎆🎉
@deadseriousforsure8 жыл бұрын
Most beautiful plane ever built.
@taskasdo8 жыл бұрын
well it is the fastest
@MDDeGrande19948 жыл бұрын
not
@SuperGeronimo9998 жыл бұрын
X-15 was twice as fast... even though it was more like a man inside a rocket.
@ColonelCbplayer7 жыл бұрын
The x-15 wasnt a plane, It was a bullet with wings!
@colinallen58245 жыл бұрын
Sorry, but no, that was Concorde!
@bensymons380510 жыл бұрын
I was a freshman in high school in 1990 at the Dayton Air Show in Dayton Ohio when the PA announcer came on and said the "SR -71 Blackbird has taken off from an airbase in California attempting to break the transcontinental air speed record." 67 minutes later he came back on the PA to announce that the Blackbird had broken the record by nearly an hour. The plane then turned around and came back to the Dayton Air Show and I got to see it and meet the pilot. A day that I will never forget!
@richardteale8203 Жыл бұрын
Wow! What a privilege & such a memorable moment! Thanks for sharing, Cheers.🍻 Rich.😎
@ph11p35407 жыл бұрын
I so enjoyed building this as a 1/48 scale model kit from Testors. It was over 3' long and painted like an early OxCart SR-71 with the exposed titanium finish on upper parts of the aircraft. It was my first large metalizing project with the airbrush.
@aljazkogoj51736 жыл бұрын
I want to be borned in 50’s so i can see this amazing jet fly. I get tears in my eyes every time i see this legendary bird the SR-71 Blackbird. Amazing
@eurokid8310 жыл бұрын
The absolute best jet aircraft ever built by man PERIOD.
@Loobo201210 жыл бұрын
define best, just because it's the fastest doesn't mean it's the best. The SpaceShuttle could be considered a aircraft because of it's similarities. Does that mean it's the best? Or is the airliner the best as it shaped the world a lot more than the blackbird did.
@eurokid8310 жыл бұрын
That's just my opinion. If you look at the time period in which it was produced, the engineering involved, and not to mention the massive quantity of titanium the CIA purchased from Russia to build it, Id say it's up there with some of the "best" aircraft ever built. I don't see how you could deny that.
@Rufusdos10 жыл бұрын
Loobo2012 space shuttle's not a jet anyway.
@Loobo201210 жыл бұрын
Rufusdos Well technically it's a glider, so the Blackbird speed record got bet by a glider.
@pipercub12345610 жыл бұрын
Loobo2012 To set a speed record, the A/C must fly a straight and level path over a measured distance, of course the Space Shuttle or the X-15 couldn't do this..also a glider isn't classified as an airplane, as a glider aircraft can't launch under its own power...
@donalfredisaac10 жыл бұрын
I was a US Resident in the early 60´s and to go to work I went by the Burbank Lockeed airport every day, never saw this airplane. But sometimes I had the night shift and around 430AM a couple times I saw it right over my head while approaching the runway. I guess at that time the USAF didn´t show it to anyone like the do now, which makes me think what will they be hiding nowadays...
@aidancox73739 жыл бұрын
Good point. Hopefully we never have to find out in any circumstances of war because I have a feeling that whatever they're probably working on right now is crazier technology than we can ever imagine.
@killer26009 жыл бұрын
Military's of the world like to hide their best stuff so foe's don't know what they're up against but the military is more conservative with planes nowadays. Speed is far from a priority, it's more about stealth, effective weaponry, and cost efficiency these days. I'd say today's equivalent of the SR-71 in the advanced technology department would be the autonomous drones that can fly an entire mission from take-off to landing without human interaction. Just press start and away it goes.
@aidancox73739 жыл бұрын
Killer2600 True, it seems that more of the speed technology of the past was really motivated by desire to keep the pilot from dying, basically. With drones, there's no threat of pilots dying and plus, the whole concept of dogfighting seems like a thing of the past.
@killer26009 жыл бұрын
Aidan Cox Perhaps, I tend to think the need for speed (and the willingness to buy the fuel for such speed) was attributed to protecting the investment by having a significant advantage. The SR-71 before it's disclosure was so fast that if anyone saw it they would be in disbelief that it was a plane and if they did know it was up there and try to shoot it down it was capable of out running any missiles let alone fighter planes. Protects the pilot by proxy but truly protects the great sums of money spent on the plane. SR-71 pilots were required to be married to ensure the pilot would have a reason to come home and come home alive.
@donalfredisaac9 жыл бұрын
I fully agree with you.
@rickdavis35938 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Kelly Johnson...you saved our asses.
@rojay95463 жыл бұрын
Rick Davis thats a stretch!
@rickdavis35933 жыл бұрын
@@rojay9546 Take a look at all the planes Kelly Johnson designed and their history of contribution.
@pointlagrange48233 жыл бұрын
He was kind of an asshole, but, like Patton, he was OUR asshole
@mrj49902 жыл бұрын
Some of the gnarliest vintage footage I’ve seen. The grain, the music straight out of Midnight Express, I’m in heaven.
@ZeroMass9 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful piece of American engineering : )
@ZeroMass9 жыл бұрын
Sir Red El LaBuke lol Dont be jealous because your hole of a country has inferior technology ; )
@AcidectGD9 жыл бұрын
***** psst... we still use some prop fighters too....
@TripleThreatKris9 жыл бұрын
Acidect GD psst, we use prop trainers dummy.
@ZeroMass9 жыл бұрын
Acidect GD "fighters"?? Turboprop engines are far more fuel efficient than jet engines, and more reliable in unimproved areas with lots of dust, sand, grass, and rocks. So they are the engine of choice in applications where speed is not valued, but reliability and cost per mile is highly valued. They're not the primary "fighters" by any means : /
@THR33SIXX3MPYR9 жыл бұрын
+TripleThreatKris We use the T-38. No props.
@bradwhitham41159 жыл бұрын
Having seen one up close at the Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport, I think it is nearly a crime that this beautiful aircraft is not still being flown and displayed at USAF air shows. It is clearly one of the best man-made machines ever created - ever. I imagine the Blue Angels don't appreciate being upstaged by an "obsolete" plane, though.
@dannielamyx6667 жыл бұрын
I am so very proud of my uncle and the others who made this plane a reality. Rest in peace Uncle Richard!
@suleymanhussein81124 жыл бұрын
We’re all admiring this beauty, but imagine how much cooler it is to Fly this thing..
@DisHammerhand10 жыл бұрын
I only saw The SR-71 take off once and it's an experience I will never forget. It was at Norton AFB during an airshow. It was fascinating watching them roll out the start carts to get her going. I believe the announcer said the start carts had Chrysler engines. When she took off, the noise of her engines was so loud that it rattled everyone's innards. A kid had broken a plastic bead necklace leaving the beads all over the ground. Those things were jumping up and down as the SR took off. Long tails of shock diamonds. She looked unreal in the air to me. After a few passes she tipped nose up in a very steep climb with those long tails of shock diamonds again and flew until she was out of sight. I think it must have been maybe a minute or two later when the announcer said she was over Nevada. Wish I had a video camera because I think that was some "hot leggin."
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
First off I’m going to have to compliment you on your profile picture. It’s badass Secondly, 4 years late, your probably not gonna respond, oh well yadayada Third, I know that feeling. I was at an airshow where they had an F-35 and F-22 take off in succession It was the most traumatic I’ve ever felt just from hearing a jet For a full minute the ground is shaking, but insides are rumbling, I can’t process any noise, and you feel a wave of dry heat as the exhaust of the f-35s massive engine hit you That is an experience I will never forget. I actually lost my hearing for a good 10 minutes I love that. Just being able to feel the extreme power one of those jets possess It’s really cool that you got to see an sr-71 fly. I’ve only been able to see them in museums. And damn are they HUGE. Like, the side of a house! I can only imagine what being near them when they took of felt like Anyway, one of the SR-71s I saw was supposedly the last that ever flew, or the last one that was made. Pretty interesting, knowing that the behemoth before you probably hit Mach 3. Literally, the engine is the size of a trailer. A fucking trailer.
@Exachad5 жыл бұрын
@@Kay_213_ Have you both heard of hearing protection?
@mikejarrell25359 жыл бұрын
Amazing aircraft. 1960's technology and still no air-breathing engine, piloted craft has ever been built since that could come close to keeping up with it. A true marvel of ingenuity and technology. It's a shame to see this bird retired. Not one ever lost to hostile fire. Amazing.
@rickcook23445 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I did some work on the bird . I'm in Seattle and we have one here. It is still awesome!
@1down4up783 жыл бұрын
I was at a museum once in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. There she was, I was so shocked and instantly turned into a little boy. The sign said “Do not touch” every man looked over his shoulder like a spy followed by the hand up whilst graciously touching her, mumbling something too. I felt the same when visiting Concorde 🇬🇧. That said, nothing makes me emotional like the Spitfire or Hurricane. We owe everything to that generation. Oh yeah, the Vulcan, she’s pretty to. Oh one more, Miss Sea Harrier. My wife doesn’t know this but when we win the lottery I’m buying all the above and putting them on the front garden.
@cordellscott5 жыл бұрын
I was at the Pima air museum in Tucson, AZ. They have an SR-71 on display there. I'd wanted to see the plane for a long time. I felt a sense of grief when I had to leave it behind and go home. It was absolutely majestic.
@SirGranular10 жыл бұрын
An amazing day, it's remained so vivid, thanks to this plane! I was about 7. Amusingly, during this display I got separated from my dad in the crowd but still managed to enjoy an epic moment in aviation history. Wonder who the crew were and where that plane is now?
@hckd_21372 жыл бұрын
My favourite plane of all time . The look is just PERFECT
@flyby086 жыл бұрын
I was stationed at Osan AFB Korea in 1983 and saw it take from there and do a fly by after circling the hills and mtns around song ton tee and came blazing down the center of the runway before going almost vertical before returning to Guam. What a beautiful site to see.
@scottyk1716 жыл бұрын
The engine roar at 0:23 is probably the most awe-inspiring thing I've ever heard. Unbelievable.
@SKEE21129 жыл бұрын
The footage looks as though it was at RAF Mildenhall. I remember the bird well. When I was stationed there in the late 80's, Air Fete was in full swing. I was a member of the base crash rescue team. We were allowed to train on the SR-71 for such situation as to egress the crew from the plane. I even got to sit in the front cockpit. Wonderful aircraft. Sorry to see her go.
@speedoy2k6 жыл бұрын
Was wondering if it was RAF mildenhall because the announcer sounds British. I’m English and grew up in the neighbouring town of Newmarket. Went to an air show at mildenhall in the very early 90’s and was lucky enough to see this fly. The reason I’m sure it was the early 90’s was that half way though it’s display it went vertical and sodded of at an incredible speed. That announcer said it had been called into service over the Gulf.
@richiep17136 жыл бұрын
I think it’s RAF Fairford
@speedoy2k4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, not meaning to say this video is from the 90’s. Just that I attended in ‘90(I think) and saw this fly. Think they left the bases not long after that. Remember it being billed as a farewell sort of display.
@anandmorris3 жыл бұрын
It's great us Brits having allies like the USA. We get to see beauties like this.
@tubhmoob982210 жыл бұрын
there is no sweeter sound than the sound of jet engines. it is the sound of freedom.
@love_is_sacrifice941410 жыл бұрын
no its the sound of war
@zuffashill734110 жыл бұрын
Samath Lokuge and hearing loss
@vladimirmichal213210 жыл бұрын
I believe that F-104 is far the best souding jet ever made.
@tubhmoob982210 жыл бұрын
F-14 is the best sound i ever heard.
@vladimirmichal213210 жыл бұрын
Heard it too, but still prefere F-104.
@redriders71493 жыл бұрын
Growing up next to Offut AFB in Nebraska in the late 70's and 80's. For some reason this clip brings tears to my eyes. Maybe its thinking of childhood and air shows or the horns in the background.?.?.. i dont know.
@janeilnold58637 жыл бұрын
Such a bad ass looking bird. There will never be anything quite like it. Still can't believe this thing came out of the 60s!
@bodycount008 жыл бұрын
BLACKBIRD RECORDS Altitude in Horizontal Flight Date: 28 July 1976 Crew: Capt. Robert C. Helt and Maj. Larry A. Elliott Altitude: 85,068.997 feet Speed Over a Straight Course Date: 28 July 1976 Crew: Capt. Eldon W. Joersz and Maj. George T. Morgan Average Speed: 2,193.167 mph Speed Over a Closed Course Date: 27 July 1976 Crew: Maj. Adolphus H. Bledsoe, Jr. and Maj. John T. Fuller Distance: 1,000 km Average Speed: 2,092.294 mph Speed Over a Recognized Course: New York to London Date: 1 September 1974 Crew: Maj. James V. Sullivan and Maj Noel F. Widdifield Distance: 3,461.53 miles Time: 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds Average Speed: 1,806.964 mph Speed Over a Recognized Course: London to Los Angeles Date: 13 September 1974 Crew: Capt. Harold B. Adams and Capt. William C. Machorek Distance: 5,446.87 miles Time: 3 hours, 47 minutes, 39 seconds Average Speed: 1,435.587 mph Speed Over a Recognized Course: West Coast to East Coast Date: 6 March 1990 Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida Distance: 2,404.05 miles Time: 1 hour, 7 minutes, 53.69 seconds Average Speed: 2,124.51 mph Speed Over a Recognized Course: Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. Date: 6 March 1990 Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida Distance: 2,299.67 miles Time: 1 hour, 4 minutes, 19.89 seconds Average Speed: 2,144.83 mph Speed Over a Recognized Course: Kansas City to Washington, D.C. Date: 6 March 1990 Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida Distance: 942.08 miles Time: 25 minutes, 58.53 seconds Average Speed: 2,176.08 mph Speed Over a Recognized Course: St. Louis to Cincinnati Date: 6 March 1990 Crew: Lt. Col. Ed Yeilding and Lt. Col. J.T. Vida Distance: 311.44 miles Time: 8 minutes, 31.97 seconds Average Speed: 2,189.94 mph
@harperg64894 жыл бұрын
JT vida is my grandpa
@lastmanstanding26223 жыл бұрын
@@harperg6489 Nice that he holds a spot in aviation history. 👍
@peterlewis35408 жыл бұрын
Just imagine, the SR71 could cruise at Mk3 or slightly above, for nearly an hour at a time, without any lasting damage to its engines. Just about every other jet capable of Mk3 or faster,could only achieve that speed for around four minutes,then their engines needed technical maintenance, due to the intense stress placed on their engines. The SR71 was one special jet.
@dragoxphere33418 жыл бұрын
And expensive :)
@Goobid48 жыл бұрын
Yes that too
@RAK218 жыл бұрын
+Alex Yen more expensive than Concorde and tu-144
@peterlewis35408 жыл бұрын
Not many people will know, that the Skunk Works responsible for the maintenance of the SR71, also had to maintain 53 specially adapted Boing 737 aircraft. Every time a SR71 took off, there had to be two of these 737 fuel tankers in the air at the same time, to refuel the tanks of the almost empty SR71s. It was the incredible cost of maintaining both jets and transporter planes that saw the demise of the SR71 programme, as well as the deployment of satellites in space.
@perh.fredriksen26317 жыл бұрын
The tankers were kc-135s, modified from Boeing 707, not 737
@caringguy329 ай бұрын
Thank you, it brings back memories, my father worked on this plane, I saw it when I was 9 or 10 years old, mid- late 80's Cal. It was cool to see, will never forget it.
@BothoHohbaum5 жыл бұрын
One of the best soundtracks combined with one of the best planes and vintage quality... Nice!
And, made with only Logarithmic Rulers, Computer was not there yet. Beautiful achievement by Kelly Johnsson. and his Skunk team.
@jeremynickols555710 жыл бұрын
this plane is, without question, one of the most stunning works of beauty and engineering that has ever left the runway. if it were legal to marry and breed with an aircraft, i would totally wed this one.
@stanwestrik10 жыл бұрын
No-lifer
@e-block935810 жыл бұрын
Bestguy2000 u wot m8
@alwallace19849 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Nickols You forgot to mention it was designed in the 50's, with no help of 3D computer design whatsoever...Lockheed Skunk Works literally drew this amazing piece of technology by hand (and mind) !
@aidannavarrete17686 жыл бұрын
Jeremy Nickols it’s out of your league
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
It’s out of everyone’s league
@deans02097 жыл бұрын
The fastest plane ever made 6 months from design to construction. Saw one on display at Duxford air museum. The most stunning plane ever made, I was like a kid at Xmas.
@anandmorris3 жыл бұрын
My favourite aircraft of all time. I am still gutted to have missed it fly in real life. When I was 4, my Mum took me to RAF Finningley airshow, the Blackbird was supposed to fly there, but bad weather meant it got cancelled. Luckily, they didn't cancel the Vulcan.
@r.t.dominguez17173 жыл бұрын
Still the most beautiful bird in the skies! 💚
@Schrodinger19939 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful plane.
@ollijokinen15718 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@ryzenryne87474 жыл бұрын
SR 71 is ahead of its time. Still lives these days.
@marvinduaneball24763 жыл бұрын
I lived in Lancaster, California at the end of the runway of Edwards Air force base in the 1970's! Every once in a while the window of our office building would start to rattle. Everyone would run outside, we knew what caused the noise, the SR-71 was flying by. It's an amazing site to watch it fly by, not only the noise, but the speed. It was a treat to watch such an historical aircraft...
@thooke2229 жыл бұрын
An interesting bit of trivia. The tires on the main landing gear of this aircraft were impregnated with aluminum to help the rubber withstand the heat of Mach 3+ flight. They were inflated with nitrogen to 415 psi. (Saw one on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum)
@chrisbaker29038 жыл бұрын
+thooke222 I saw one blow three tires on an attempted landing at Kadena AB in Okinawa in 1972 then when they tried to catch it in the barrier the gear was taller than the barrier and ripped the landing gear off. Definite oops.
@pppppearlie058 жыл бұрын
Another trivia is that the SR71 goes so fast that if you shot a gun from it, it would catch up to the bullet and the velocity is so great that the bullet can do serious damage to the aircraft
@basshunterdota6254 жыл бұрын
Kelly Johnson the genius who designed it
@bobburns14317 жыл бұрын
I watched one of these awesome machines landing at R.A.F.Lakenheath with my daughter years ago,it was an incredible sight,i have never forgotten it and my daughter,now30,remembers it clearly.A superb aircraft and sorely missed.
@drhirise1 Жыл бұрын
The amazing thing is that I remember when I was a kid in the mid 1960's these planes were around. Now I am in my 60's! We used to build Revell models of them, and they were a recognized modern marvel then. One piece of American technology that made us #1.
@flaplaya8 жыл бұрын
I get tears in my eyes knowing almost all of them have been scrapped for their titanium alloy.
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
A lot of them are in museums. You could probably easily find one. Hill AFB...The SAC Museum in...Kansas I think You also got the National Air and Space Museum If you ever are going to go there btw, make sure to go to the HANGAR, not the one near the whitehouse The SR-71, Discovery, those are all in the hangar
@JohnSmith-wd9rc5 жыл бұрын
@@Kay_213_ The Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio, on the Wright-Patterson base has one. I stood next to it, and touched it. It is bigger than it seems in all the pictures I see of it.
@googleuser8685 жыл бұрын
I've seen 2 One in Huntsville Alabama One in Dayton Ohio
@426cylinders74 жыл бұрын
lots of em are just chillin in the museums now they safe bro don’t worry
@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer4 жыл бұрын
@@googleuser868 I've seen the one at the Smithsonian. I'm a couple hours drive from Dayton, which I'd like to see really bad. Kalamazoo Michigan has the one of two sr-71 B's that wasn't crashed, I would also like to drive to that one.
@larrywilliams16309 жыл бұрын
On March 06 1990 an SR-71 flew from Los Angeles, Calif. to Washington, D.C. in 64 minutes and 20 second. Mach 3+ (2,000 MPH +)
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
And taxied straight into the National Air and space museum hangar XD
@JohnSmith-wd9rc5 жыл бұрын
Top speed of the SR-71 is still classified. They may say mach 3, but it is so much quicker than that.
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
Cut it with the conspiracy bulls hit
@denniscosteajr.1284 жыл бұрын
I saw the SR-71 make a full speed pass with my family at Burke Lakefront airport near Cleveland, Ohio and that was an amazing sight! Yes, there was a sonic boom and yes it rattled the windows of nearby aircraft hangers! I consider this to have been a rare privilege of my childhood and believe it was only permitted because the Blackbird was flying over lake Erie and current restrictions of speed were not in place back then. It was awesome!
@josemoreno33343 жыл бұрын
Always got a kick seeing the SR-71 at air shows back in 1980's.
@Jwillrocku27 жыл бұрын
LOVE this plane. Kinda looks like something batman would fly back in the 80s haha. Love this. And I know it's unarmed, but it looks like it would drop a nuke or something. Intimidating bird right there.
@voicingdragoon77 жыл бұрын
Wrestling World ironically it was the X-mens plane
@artmchugh92837 жыл бұрын
Wrestling World if the devil came to the earth , I think he would arrive in this ! 😄
@JayFoxer8 жыл бұрын
*The LockHeed SR-71 BlackBird* An advanced, long-ranged, strategic reconnaissance aircraft capable of mach 3 and an altitude of 85,000 *feet!!!!*
@alucardthevampire43428 жыл бұрын
DO YOU EVEN READ MY CHRISTMAS LIST!?
@xl-huckle72105 жыл бұрын
mach 3.5*
@whiplash82773 жыл бұрын
Used to be a static display of SR71 at the Virginia Air Museum at Richmond Intl Airport. Have seen it dozens of times. What a beautiful bird she was. The plane is gone now as is the museum.
@jerrypolete52585 жыл бұрын
This plane is just amazing for its time. This amazing piece of history was decades ahead of its time. This could still fly in service today and still beat most of the planes out there even in 2019. Just truly amazing.
@Jupiter-shorts_2 жыл бұрын
Even in 2024
@jvarsall9 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see these clips I always imagine its missions over the Ho Chi Minh trail and it out running SAM after SAM. To my knowledge I do not think a single pilot was ever lost while this plane was in military service!
@Thatmaninrio9 жыл бұрын
There was at least 1 pilot lost, out of Kadena after takeoff, about 1968
@jvarsall9 жыл бұрын
It was 67. Turns out there were 3 losses and I thank them for there service. www.sr-71.org/blackbird/losses.php Thanks!
@blazingangel54636 жыл бұрын
flip inheck But they were all non combat casualties
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
Yeah, 20 is probably an exaggeration This plane was super successful. I don’t think a single one was SHOT down. Crashes, yeah. Pilot errors, yeah. But SAM missiles have nothing in this planes speed
@millionsofrecordsernieb75875 күн бұрын
One SAM detonated close enough to cause a minor shrapnel impact. But they couldn't lock on to the aircraft, due to the speed, altitude and to a smaller degree the stealth. It basically needed to be a lucky hit, which was feasible but apparently very unlikely as they went about zero for 4,000 in their attempts. The crew described the SAM as appearing like a speeding telephone pole!
@Malakie9 жыл бұрын
I don't care what you say, the SR-71 is STILL the most awesome looking plane in flight, ever...
@slyspy98195 жыл бұрын
It's truly amazing how far man has come with regards to flight in the short time it was first discovered , I can only imagine (or not) where the minds of tomorrow will take us
@christianbeccy4 жыл бұрын
I saw the SR71 display just like this at RAF Mildenhall in the 1980's. Still one of the coolest things I've ever seen.
@gloucesterdavid9 жыл бұрын
I bet that was a real handful to fly low and slow. The sled wants to stretch its legs and touch the edge of space.
@PaulJakma3 жыл бұрын
Maury Rosenberg is on youtube somewhere else, saying it was a joy to fly on landing circuits.
@goldenmanuever11768 жыл бұрын
Unreal aerospace technology for its time, for any time....
@CooperJohnson0111 ай бұрын
I remembered watching your video when I was a kid literally when KZfaq first came out. Glad to see you still have this video up after all these years
@alpurl5 жыл бұрын
The more I see and learn about that bird, the more impressed I am with its engineering.
@JCImageInc.9 жыл бұрын
Are there any comments on here about how this thing leaks fuel on the ground because the fuselage expands and contracts so much? The plane goes so fast and creates so much friction heat on the leading edge of the craft that the fuselage had to be engineered to expand and contract with the temperature difference! Amazing piece of engineering for an amazing aircraft!
@MysticalDork9 жыл бұрын
It's a foot longer in the air at speed than on the ground. The standard takeoff procedure is to get in the air running on empty, get altitude and do a supersonic "sprint" to warm up the airframe and seal the fuel tanks, then come back down and fill up before heading off on a mission.
@JCImageInc.9 жыл бұрын
Ryan Willis Pretty amazing considering the planes age. Definitely one of my favs!
@Bigthings5599 жыл бұрын
Ryan Willis you had everything right besides landing to refuel they get up to alt and do a mid air refuel then had off just sayin look it up and you will see.
@MysticalDork9 жыл бұрын
Bigthings559 By come back down I meant come down out of the stratosphere. You're right, they don't land for fuel.
@justbreakingballs9 жыл бұрын
The cockpit was hot enough to cook on when it landed. The red strips were warning tape to tell engineers to keep away because of heat
@maoristereo8 жыл бұрын
A glorious machine, perfect testament to human enginuity
@marcd1981 Жыл бұрын
I was stationed in Okinawa in the late '80s and saw this wonderful aircraft take-off from Kadena many times. This is the aircraft that peaked my interest in aviation before high school. I saw a poster of an SR-71 that showed it from a straight-on viewpoint, making it look like an alien aircraft.
@andrewromo94962 жыл бұрын
This is a legend with a legacy that will never die.
@danielmillard81349 жыл бұрын
Freakin love this black jet they should put it back in service lol
@Tentites9 жыл бұрын
crotchrocket00 It was actually brought back into service for a few years during the 90's because of the limitations of satellites, and that bit on technology is a bit of a moot point to me. Yes the electronics are out-dated, but they can be switched out and upgraded to modern standards, including the cameras and intelligence gathering systems, which they actually were during the 90's to meet the demands of the command staff who sought their reactivation. The airframe itself is still far from out-dated and has yet to be truly outperformed to this day. All we might be able to do to upgrade the airframe itself might be to get Pratt & Whitney to essentially recreate the J58 with any improvements modern aerospace technology might be able to provide.
@DrRekiin9 жыл бұрын
crotchrocket00 Eh, that could be replaced. It is an expensive son of a bitch to maintain though, which is the main reason it was put out of service in the first place. And sats have some serious issues.
@JohnSmith-wd9rc5 жыл бұрын
I heard that NASA had a few of these for whatever research NASA was doing. NASA Also has a few F-104's still flying for research. NASA brought two or three of the F104's to the Dayton Air Show a few years ago and did a flight demonstration. It so cool!
@jacksonyoung97315 жыл бұрын
Behold! The eternal glory of Jetfire!
@singhamaninder58365 жыл бұрын
OMG! I am just scared of this masterpiece sometimes because it looks like Extra terrestrial..... Such a beauty. I never got to see it....
@JayrayRG2 жыл бұрын
I am a retired Air Force pilot. One day in the early 70's I was flying along at 49,000 feet at about mach .95, and lo and behold way above me was an aircraft passing me like I was standing still. It was so high, I could not visually identify it, but obviously it was an SR-71.
@scamper2469 жыл бұрын
Back when our country was so adventurous with technology and pushing the limit of what's possible... We were so curious and determined. Nowadays, we just don't have the same passion, sadly.. I wish things will change soon. It's sad that our highest flying and fastest aircraft was late 50's, early 60's technology. I'm sure there's something being worked on, but, its just not the same.
@Kay_213_5 жыл бұрын
Well, we have the f-22 That thing is fucking badass
@Loulovesspeed3 жыл бұрын
@@Kay_213_ But it has no correlation to the SR-71! The F-22 is a stealth fighter jet and the SR-71 is purely a recon aircraft.
@dashingcleme5676 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful, master piece.
@valentinozoboli45928 жыл бұрын
I remember I received a model blackbird as a young kid and at first I thought it was something out of Star Trek! What an amazing aircraft...
@738hickory6 жыл бұрын
I got to fly in the landing pattern with an SR-71 while doing practice carrier landings in the F-14 at NAS Miramar in the last 80's. It was a big thrill just to be flying in the same airspace with such an amazing aircraft. Skunk Works was top notch in those days!
@richardcaballero6818 жыл бұрын
I wish the US would keep this bird in service
@SkiDaBird8 жыл бұрын
+Richard Caballero Sadly they're obsolete now with satellites. Fantastic plane though, totally agree with the sentiment.
@dhruvaaramesh45289 жыл бұрын
This thing was faster than the Flash on the season finale...
@avationflying53044 жыл бұрын
This aircraft broke engineering boundaries just like the concorde. The SR-71 is one of the best aircraft ever made. Made during the cold war to avoid the mig-35? And able to out run ground to air missles. The speed and service ceiling is very impressive, the speed of this aircraft. Just think if future passenger jets could be made to look like this.
@moxiedrapo23918 жыл бұрын
Saw the SR-71 at the museum in Mobile Bay a few years ago... Dam scary up close and way ahead of its time!!! Also got buzzed by an F-22 near Atlanta... He came out of no where, vertical over I-75 and filled the passenger window with his underbelly!!!! He was there ... And then he was gone!!! Our military is bad ass!!!!