SR-71 Flight Manual

[theedaddy]

http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/

[Happy Panther]

Finally. i have an SR-71 and have yet to find the cigarette lighter...

[Captroop]

Perfect, this gets declassified. Meanwhile, I have an A-10 Warthog in my driveway that I still don't know how to put in reverse without one of those damned AGM-114 Hellfire Missiles going off. Still waiting for that manual to be released.

Worst twenty grand I ever spent.

[Razzy]

Oh cool. By the way, where does one buy jet fuel?

[Captroop]

I get it from the Mexican gentlemen who sells oranges on the side of the offramp. You know; the orange and jet fuel guy.

[Squirrel]

Just remember to add oil after every flight.

[Scrumtrilescent]

Oh cool. By the way, where does one buy jet fuel?

Ask Michael Waltrip.

[SorthNarolina]

Oh cool. By the way, where does one buy jet fuel?

I don't think the SR-71 even runs on jet fuel. I think it runs on some wierd fuel that is only made specifically for it.

[Squirrel]

I don't think the SR-71 even runs on jet fuel. I think it runs on some wierd fuel that is only made specifically for it.

Think it does, Be pretty stupid to build a aircraft that requires a certain fuel type. They would only be able to get fuel at certain bases.

[Squirrel]

Uses JP-7 has a higher flash point.

[SorthNarolina]

Think it does, Be pretty stupid to build a aircraft that requires a certain fuel type. They would only be able to get fuel at certain bases.

there are many, many things that are "pretty stupid" involving keeping the blackbird in the air. It had to be refueled midair 4-5 time each mission.That's why it was scraped. They're developing a new one though.

After researching it they did need to develop a new fuel for the blackbird. It's still based on jet fuel but they had to put a bunch of different additives in it for the blackbird.

[Epistaxis]

Isn't this the bird that leaks like a sieve on the ground and then tightens up once it gets to altitude?

My cousin was a USAF KC-135 crew chief, I vaguely remember him talking about different planes but I was too young and distracted to remember much.

[cookinwithgas]

yes it is.

When the A-12/SR-71 was being developed, there were all kinds of wierd fuel research projects going on. The one with the most promise as called Boron ZIP fuel - it was incredibly dangerous and difficult to handle but did provide more energy than any of the standard jet fuels. It was cancelled when the B-70 project wound down; but at the time no one without the highest security classifications knew that the SR-71 project was well underway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_fuel

[Happy Panther]

I bet it will do fine on 87 octane