CONDITION NOTES

ABOUT THIS BOOK

2nd (revised) edition‚ 1st printing‚ first published 1993. Includes: Black & white photographs (within the text); Colour photographs (plates); Diagrams; Cutaways; Appendices (14);

From the cover: “Undoubtedly the most impressive military jet ever built‚ Lockheed’s SR-71 is still the world’s fastest air-breathing aeroplane three years after its premature retirement from service in 1990.

Tasked with performing highly classified recce missions‚ the aircraft’s sensor system collected material that helped formulate US foreign policy for more than 20 years.

Designed at the height of the Cold War to be the ultimate surveillance platform‚ the futuristic SR-71 was operated exclusively by the USAF’s 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing.

Over 65‚ 000 Ibs of raw power thrust the SR-71 through the outer limits of the Earth’s atmosphere at one mile every two seconds. Unparalleled levels of crew co-ordination between the ‘space-suited’ pilot and his Reconnaissance Systems Officer ensured that pre-programmed sensors acquired invaluable imagery‚ or electronic intelligence‚ from a platform travelling 15 miles above the Earth’s surface.

Under the codename op…

• 10¾” x 8”
• pp. (x) 262
• Index.
• ISBN: 1-8553-2681-7
• Dustwrapper over Black boards‚ with Silver titling to the Spine.
• Packed Weight: 1.90 Kg.

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