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Very good: A book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious ...
Release Year
2013
Features
Illustrated
ISBN
9780760343272

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN-10
0760343276
ISBN-13
9780760343272
eBay Product ID (ePID)
143642354

Product Key Features

Book Title
Sr-71 : the Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, the World's Highest, Fastest Plane
Number of Pages
192 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Military / Aviation, Military / Pictorial
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
Richard H. Graham
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
38.4 Oz
Item Length
11 in
Item Width
8.6 in

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LCCN
2012-044644
Reviews
"Although the book is only 192 pages e" much of them taken up with images, drawings and illustrations e" it is filled to the brim with information and revelation. The book is as enjoyable to read as it is to see since the illustrations and background textures of the pages make for a rich experience. Once read, the reader will have not only an acute awareness of flying an SR-71 but an overview of the organization as well as logistics which were required to keep the SR-71 flying." - Travel for Aircraft (Seattle Post Intelligencer Blog), "Although the book is only 192 pages '?¬'? much of them taken up with images, drawings and illustrations '?¬'? it is filled to the brim with information and revelation. The book is as enjoyable to read as it is to see since the illustrations and background textures of the pages make for a rich experience. Once read, the reader will have not only an acute awareness of flying an SR-71 but an overview of the organization as well as logistics which were required to keep the SR-71 flying." - Travel for Aircraft (Seattle Post Intelligencer Blog), "Although the book is only 192 pages -- much of them taken up with images, drawings and illustrations -- it is filled to the brim with information and revelation. The book is as enjoyable to read as it is to see since the illustrations and background textures of the pages make for a rich experience. Once read, the reader will have not only an acute awareness of flying an SR-71 but an overview of the organization as well as logistics which were required to keep the SR-71 flying." - Travel for Aircraft (Seattle Post Intelligencer Blog), "SR-71: The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane by Col. Richard H. Graham is absolutely the best presented and most accurately detailed book ever published about the Blackbird family of planes. Rich Graham includes recently declassified information about the CIA and Air Force Blackbird programs to make his book the most informative source on the subject. Being a veteran of the CIA's A-12 Oxcart program, I can vouch to the accuracy of what Colonel Graham published in this great book about a world of aviation so selective and compartmentalized that even participants in the various Blackbird programs will learn from this book. Colonel Graham has published the "go to" book for our nation's reconnaissance programs involving the Blackbird family of planes."  -  Thornton D. "TD" Barnes (Former Area 51 Special Projects. Project OXCART)
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
358.4583
Table Of Content
Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Beginning of the A-12 Chapter 2 A-12 Construction and Testing Chapter 3 YF-12 Interceptor Chapter 4 D-21 Drone Project Chapter 5 Enter the SR-71 Chapter 6 Home for the SR-71 Blackbird: Beale AFB, California Chapter 7 Selection Process Chapter 8 Training Program Chapter 9 Physiological Support Division and the Pressure Suit Chapter 10 Command and Control Chapter 11 Preparing to Fly the Mission Chapter 12 Flying the Mission Chapter 13 Refueling Chapter 14 Acceleration and Climb to Mach 3+ and 71,000 Feet Chapter 15 Cruising at Mach 3+ Chapter 16 Inlet Unstarts and Restarts Chapter 17 Entering the Sensitive Area Chapter 18 Descent and "Hot" Tanker Air Rendezvous Chapter 19 The Recovery Chapter 20 Post-Flight Activity Chapter 21 The Final Years Chapter 22 Rising from the Ashes Appendices List of Acronyms, 1997 Letter from Senators Levin andByrd to Secretary of Defense, Kelly Johnson's FourteenRules of Management, Bibliography Index
Synopsis
SR-71 covers every aspect of the SR-71 spy plane's development, manufacture, and active service from the insider's perspective of one its pilots. Lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photos., At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound, so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had to wear full-pressure flight suits similar to what was used aboard the space shuttle. Developed by the renowned Lockheed Skunk Works, the SR-71 was an awesome aircraft in every respect, and it took the world by storm. The SR-71 was in service with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998, when it was withdrawn from use, superseded by satellite technology. Twelve of the thirty-two aircraft were destroyed in accidents, but none were ever lost to enemy action. Throughout its thirty-four-year career, the SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft. It set world records for altitude and speed: an absolute altitude record of 85,069 feet on July 28, 1974, and an absolute speed record of 2,193.2 miles per hour on the same day. On September 1, 1974, it set a speed and time record over a recognized course between New York and London (3,508 miles) of 1,435.587 miles per hour and an elapsed time of 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds. SR-71 covers every aspect of the SR-71's development, manufacture, modification, and active service from the insider's perspective of one its pilots and is lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photos., At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound, so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had to wear full-pressure flight suits similar to what was used aboard the space shuttle. Developed by the renowned Lockheed Skunk Works, the SR-71 was an awesome aircraft in every respect, and it took the world by storm. The SR-71 was in service with the U.S. Air Force from 1964 to 1998, when it was withdrawn from use, superseded by satellite technology. Twelve of the thirty-two aircraft were destroyed in accidents, but none were ever lost to enemy action. Throughout its thirty-four-year career, the SR-71 was the worlds fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft. It set world records for altitude and speed: an absolute altitude record of 85,069 feet on July 28, 1974, and an absolute speed record of 2,193.2 miles per hour on the same day. On September 1, 1974, it set a speed and time record over a recognized course between New York and London (3,508 miles) of 1,435.587 miles per hour and an elapsed time of 1 hour, 54 minutes, 56.4 seconds. SR-71 covers every aspect of the SR-71s development, manufacture, modification, and active service from the insiders perspective of one its pilots and is lavishly illustrated with more than 200 photos.
LC Classification Number
UG1242.R4G733 2013

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    I have ALL of Colonel Graham's books. They are easy to read yet give you just enough detail to completely understand the topic being covered at the time. It will not take you long to realize there is no one out there that knows the SR's more than Rich Graham.

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