Is that brilliant Aircraft Blackbird still around?
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From what i know, its already not in use for the military forces but its station in the museum for people to look at it.As now more high tech military aircraft comparable to the blackbird are like unmanned aircraft, whereby its safer for the soldiers as they don't have to be on the aircraft and just a touch of few controller its able to fly and achieve its mission just as well as the black bird. Its also relatively smaller in size whereby it can fly on certain height undetected by the enemy radar. The blackbird, however, was once a confidential project was used by the American air force to do surveillance on other countries potential military power and military bases.The aircraft fly at amazing heights and the jets are very powerful, flying at many times the speed of sound.
It isn't in service anymore as the military have satellites that can do the same job as this plane.
It was fantastic I have to agree and so glad I managed to get to see it fly once.
Only in museums.
I agree with Gavin.
I worked on one at Eglin AFB in the late 60's.. awesome aircraft. As already stated, most are in museums now.
All are either retired in museums, or are the one or two used by NASA for research.
i think i've seen some parked around on google maps.try google hacks.
not unless you want to try and fly the honda version, it would be hard as it has only got two wheels. ha ha. saying i bad driver!!
When I was based in Cyprus , we used to watch her land and take off, what an aircraft, if you can't see her , she is still there!
There is a beautifully restored one in Michigan.
After it was retired by the USAF it was used by NASA. I don't think they still use it though
there are no SR-71 still flying as the cost to keep them in the air became too large.
A few are around only at airshows but not flying in miltary uses
up until about 1999 the blackbird had been used by NASA to conduct high speed experimental flights to determine the characteristics of the air and the aircraft when flying at high speeds. But the last blackbird retired in 2002
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