Sr-71 blackbird pilots flight manual 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 so named for its heatresistant black paint first flew in 1964, and since that time it has remained the worlds fastest. The manual was declassified several years ago and has now been made free to the public. Eastham, lockheed test pilot and the first person to fly the yf12a on august 07, 1963. The flight manual has been scanned from a good quality. The official us air force sr71a flight manualdeclassified. The lockheed sr71 blackbird was a longrange, mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft developed by lockheeds topsecret skunk works. Divided into seven sections, the book covers in minute detail everything from the sr71 trainer to. Read download lockheed sr 71 blackbird manual pdf pdf. No is asserted for the content that is presented on this web site from the sr71 flight manual. The complete book of the sr71 blackbird pdf planes, my books, things. An online aircraft museum page rendered on 19 may 2020 at 12. This title contains flight manuals for the fabulous mach 3 lockheed sr71 blackbird. For the first time, the sr71 flight manual is available online.

Lockheed sr71 blackbird pilots flight operating instructions, by united states air force and lockheed aircraft periscope film llc, january. 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. 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. Home blackbird archive sr71 flight manual section ii. When a document becomes declassified, it also becomes public domain. I see that the sr71 flight manual was made public as a pdf, but it has proven. The listing is from the first person to fly the aircraft to the last person qualified. Cooling the cockpit and crew turned out to be seven times as difficult as on the x15 research airplane which flew as much as twice as fast as the sr71 but only for a few minutes per flight. The listing includes all rsos and vips that flew in the aircraft. The following data lists all personnel who qualified to fly the blackbirds. 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. Pdf lockheed sr 71 blackbird pilot s flight operating. Home blackbird archive sr71 flight manual section i. The blackbird military aircraft museums image gallery groom lake links.