The SR-71 Blackbird
One of the most popular airplanes ever!
Type of program: Auditorium presentation with take-home project
Who may attend: Everyone
Location: Carney Auditorium
Time: 1:15-2:15 p.m. [doors open at 12:55 p.m.]
Cost: Free
Presenter: John Kacner
- Currently the Program Manager for multiple Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) programs at Wright-Patterson AFB
- Many years of experience working on the SR-71
Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the SR-71 remained the world's fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft! From 80,000 feet, it could survey 100,000 square miles of Earth's surface per hour. On July 28, 1976, an SR-71 set two world records for its class -- an absolute speed record of 2,193.167 mph and an absolute altitude record of 85,068.997 feet.
Learn about one of the most popular airplanes of all time: the spy plane known as the SR-71 Blackbird! Discussion will include the aircraft's design and development, history and operations.
A follow-up, take-home, hands-on project will be distributed to those in attendance.
The museum has an SR-71 on display in the Cold War Gallery.
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