Higher Further Faster | Evolution Of Aviation Part 1
It includes some rare (probably unreleased) SR-71/YF-12 and X-15 footage).
Covering: X-15, SR-71, YF-12, X-43A and X-51.
The A-12 and the later SR-71 used the NAS-14v2 astro-inertial navigation system (ANS) from the 1960s, which was particularly interesting in the pre-GPS times. The set apparently looked like this...
a-12
astro-inertial navigation system
central intelligence agency
cold war
great britain
jet age
nas-14v2
northrop
nortronics
nortronics division (northrop)
space age
sr-71
strategic air command
strategic reconnaissance
united states air force
Just wondering if anyone knows what the tested maximum altitude and speed of the A-12/SR71 was?
I contacted the USAF recently and they simply stuck to the published figures saying it flew at 85,000ft and could reach Mach 3.3. This doesn't seem to make sense as variants of the F-4, F-104 and...
air defence
air defense command
central intelligence agency
cold war
elint
interceptor
lockheed
nuclear battlefield
photo-recce
post-cold war
remote sensing
sr-71
strategic air command
strategic defence
strategic reconnaissance
supersonic
united states
united states air force
vietnam war
world war iii
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