Manufacturer: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
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Service Ceiling: 85,000'+
Maximum Speed: Mach 3.3+ (Limit CIT of 427 degrees C)
Can the SR-71 reach space?
They fit somewhere between aviators and astronauts, these men who flew the SR-71 Blackbird and its Lockheed siblings, the A-12 and the YF-12. They flew almost to the border of space, so high they could see the curvature of the Earth. No enemy aircraft ever caught a Blackbird, let alone shot one down. ...
How fast could the SR-71 really fly?
2,455 mph
How high can the SR-71 fly in miles?
85,000 feet
What is the highest an SR-71 ever flew?
85,069 feet
How high can an SR-71 fly?
85,069 feet
How high could the Blackbird Fly?
The Blackbirds were designed to fly as high as 90,000 feet, but typically operated between 70,000 and 85,000 feet.
How fast can the SR-71 fly from coast to coast?
An SR-71 also set the coast-to-coast record when it flew from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 64 minutes, 20 seconds in 1990.Sep 1, 2010