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1,000°F Skin and 20,000 Pounds of Fuel an Hour: How the Blackbird Survived Mach 3 Flight
To withstand the inferno of Mach 3.2 flight, Lockheed created an aircraft that expanded in midair, leaked fuel on the ground, and relied on Shell Oil’s JP-7, an ultra-stable fuel that wouldn’t ignite ...
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90,000 Feet and Mach 3: How America’s Need for a Spy Plane Created the Blackbird
When the U-2 spy plane became vulnerable to Soviet missiles, President Eisenhower demanded a faster, higher-flying successor.
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