Lockheed SR-71B Cockpit Design
Among the 32 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbirds built, only two were equipped with two seats as trainers. The example shown here went on to log nearly 4,000 hours of flight time – more than any other Blackbird – and is now on display at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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The McDonnell XP-67 “Moonbat” Represented Ambition Outpacing Engineering
The McDonnell XP-67 “Moonbat” combined cutting-edge technologies, including a blended-wing body and Continental XL-1430 engines, in pursuit of 472 mph performance. Engine overheating and aerodynamic instability ended the ambitious program before it could reach production.
From Business Jet to Spy Plane: How a Civilian Jet Design Nearly Became a Military Surveillance Platform
Grob’s G600 concept would have converted a business jet into a 65,000-foot spy plane with 33 hours of endurance.
Northrop HL-10 Lifting Body Aircraft
To help study the science of spacecraft reentry into Earth’s atmosphere, NASA flew and evaluated various lifting-body aircraft.
