Lockheed SR-71: The Secret Missions Exposed (Osprey modern military) - Softcover

Crickmore, Paul F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1855323133 ISBN 13: 9781855323131

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

The Lockheed SR-71 is still the world's fastest air-breathing aeroplane seven years after its premature retirement from service in 1990. Six Generals and more than seventy SR-71 crew have given the author of this book the inside story. Over 200 photographs, official technical specifications and performance data and accurate accounts of the SR-71's operationsl missions are included, This updated edition now lists every flight ever taken for the 9th Reconnaissance Wing and post-1990, for NASA, who decided to continued to use the SR-71 as a supersonic test platform as well as details such as aborted missions, who piloted the flights and how long each flight was

About this title

About the Author

During his time as an air traffic controller at the London Air Traffic Control Centre, Paul Crickmore gained a unique introduction into SR-71 operations from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk. Teaming up with Osprey produced the first detailed book ever to be published on the subject. When additional information became available to him in 1990 following the initial shut down of SR-71 operations, Crickmore produced an even more detailed book, Lockheed SR-71 The Secret Missions Exposed - the standard reference work on the subject. The work was acclaimed by both the aviation press, Ben Rich (late president of the Skunk Works) and the crews that flew the SR-71. He is also the author of the first detailed book about the '117 written in partnership with his wife Alison; published by Motorbooks International in 1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1855323133
• ISBN 13: 9781855323131
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280