From: skunk-works-digest-owner@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu To: skunk-works-digest@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Subject: Skunk Works Digest V2 #65 Reply-To: skunk-works-digest@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Errors-To: skunk-works-digest-owner@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Precedence: bulk Skunk Works Digest Thursday, 28 January 1993 Volume 02 : Number 065 In this issue: Blackbird Records D-21's will be released See the end of the digest for information on subscribing to the skunk-works or skunk-works-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 06:28:30 MST Subject: Blackbird Records This info is from several Lockheed handouts dated September, 1991... (painstakingly transcribed by yours truly :) FACT SHEET LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD FAMILY OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONAL SORTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,551 TOTAL SORTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,300 FLIGHT HOURS (OPERATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,008 FLIGHT HOURS (TOTAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53,490 MACH 3 TIME (OPERATION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,752 MACH 3 TIME (TOTAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,675 CREW MEMBERS TO MACH 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 VIPs TO MACH 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 TOTAL PERSONS TO MACH 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 PRODUCTION SUMMARY A-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 YF-12A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 SR-71A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 * SR-71B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 * This figure includes: 1 SR-71C (SN 17981) hybrid created from salvaged YF-12A and functional mockup, and 1 YF-12C (SN 17951) built as SR-71 but given YF-12 designation for service as NASA vehicle. # # # CHRONOLOGY LOCKHEED SR-71 BLACKBIRD FAMILY OF AIRCRAFT 26 APR 1962 .. A-12 first flight 07 AUG 1963 .. YF-12A first flight 29 FEB 1964 .. LBJ announces YF-12A program 25 JUL 1964 .. LJB announces SR-71 program 22 DEC 1964 .. SR-71 first flight 01 MAY 1965 .. YF-12 sets world speed and altitude records 18 NOV 1965 .. SR-71B first flight 10 MAY 1966 .. Air Force takes delivery of first SR-71A 14 MAR 1969 .. SR-71C (hybrid) first flight 11 DEC 1969 .. First YF-12 flight of NASA/USAF flight test program 26 APR 1971 .. SR-71A 15,000 mile non-stop flight in 10 hrs, 30 min. 01 SEP 1974 .. SR-71A sets New York to London world speed record 13 SEP 1974 .. SR-71A sets London to Los Angeles world speed record 28 JUL 1976 .. SR-71s complete seven world speed and altitude records 31 OCT 1979 .. NASA YF-12 flight test program ends 07 NOV 1979 .. Final flight of YF-12 when #6935 is delivered to USAF Museum 01 OCT 1989 .. USAF SR-71 ops suspended (except for proficiency flights) 22 NOV 1989 .. All USAF SR-71 operations terminated 26 JAN 1990 .. SR-71 is decommissioned in ceremony at Beale AFB 06 MAR 1990 .. SR-71 SN 17972 sets four world speed records enroute to Smithsonian Institute, on last official USAF flight. # # # SR-71 BLACKBIRD AIRCRAFT WORLD RECORD FLIGHTS March 6, 1990 (SR-71A/972) WORLD RECORDS FOR SPEED OVER A RECOGNIZED COURSE: Coast to coast . . . . . . . . . 67 min, 54 sec. (2,124.5 mph) Los Angeles to Washington, DC . . 64 min, 02 sec. (2,144.8 mph) St. Louis to Cincinnati . . . . . 8 min, 32 sec. (2,189.9 mph) Kansas City to Washington, DC . . 25 min, 59 sec. (2,176.1 mph) Crew: Col. Edward Yielding, Col. Joseph T. Vida July 28, 1976 (SR-71A/958) WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SPEED: 15/25 km straight course . . . . 2,193.16 mph (3,529.56 kph) Crew: Capt. Eldon W. Joersz, Maj. George T. Morgan, Jr. July 28, 1976 (SR-71A) WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SUSTAINED ALTITUDE: 85,069 feet (25,929.03 m) Crew: Capt. Robert C. Helt, Maj. Larry A. Elliot July 27, 1976 (SR-71A) WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SPEED: 1,000 km closed circuit . . . . 2,092.29 mph (3,367.22 kph) Crew: Maj. Adolphus H. Bledsoe, Jr., Maj. John T. Fuller September 13, 1974 (SR-71A/972) WORLD RECORD FOR SPEED OVER A RECOGNIZED COURSE: London to Los Angeles . . . . . . 3 hrs. 47 min. 39 sec. Crew: Capt. Harold B. Adams, Maj. William C. Machorek September 1, 1974 (SR-71A/972) WORLD RECORD FOR SPEED OVER A RECOGNIZED COURSE: New York to London . . . . . . . 1 hr. 55 min. 42 sec. Crew: Maj. James V. Sullivan, Maj. Noel Widdifield April 26, 1971 (SR-71A) ENDURANCE DEMONSTRATION: 15,000 miles (24,140 km) in 10 hrs. 30 min. (Time includes aerial refueling at subsonic speeds) Crew: Maj. Thomas B. Estes, Maj. Dewain C. Vick Awards: 1971 Mackay Trophy and 1972 Harmon Trophy May 1, 1965 (YF-12A/936) WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SPEED: 15/25 km straight course . . . . 2,070 mph (3,352 kph) Crew: Col. Robert L. Stephens, Lt. Col. Daniel Andre WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SPEED: 500 km closed circuit . . . . . . 1,643 mph (2,644 kph) Crew: Maj. Walter F. Daniel, Maj. Noel T. Warner WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SPEED: 1,000 km closed circuit . . . . . 1,689 mph (2,718 kph) Crew: Maj. Walter F. Daniel, Capt. James P. Cooney WORLD ABSOLUTE AND CLASS RECORDS FOR SUSTAINED ALTITUDE: Horizontal flight . . . . . . . 80,258 ft. (24,462.59 m) Crew: Col. Robert L. Stephens, Lt. Col. Daniel Andre Note: All record flights were accomplished with stock SR-71A or YF-12A aircraft flying at normal operating speeds. # # # ------------------------------ From: kuryakin@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Rick Pavek) Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 10:41:31 PST Subject: D-21's will be released I'm told that the D-21 drones being stored at Davis-Monthan will be released, some to museums. Five will go to the navy, three to the AF Museum, one to the MN ANG museum, and one will go to the Museum of Flight here in Seattle. That one, by the way, will be the only one that has been flown on the back of the M-12 and had its engine run up. Rick Rick Pavek | Never ask a droid to outdo its program. kuryakin@bcstec.ca.boeing.com | Seattle, WA | It wastes your time | and annoys the droid. ------------------------------ End of Skunk Works Digest V2 #65 ******************************** To subscribe to skunk-works-digest, send the command: subscribe skunk-works-digest in the body of a message to "listserv@harbor.ecn.purdue.edu". If you want to subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then append that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-skunk-works": subscribe skunk-works-digest local-skunk-works@your.domain.net To unsubscribe, send mail to the same address, with the command: unsubscribe skunk-works-digest in the body. 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