Osprey Colour Series (Aviation) : SR-71 Blackbird : Lockheed's Mach 3 Hot Shot

The 128 page photobook provides the full story of the design, production, development and service history of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The goal of the Blackbird program from the beginning was to develop a Mach 3 vehicle that could accomplish high-altitude reconnaissance missions. This is the best known product of Lockheed's 'Skunk Works' and served throughout the Cold War as America's most capable manned spy plane. This book includes full technical specifications, complete operational history and first-hand accounts of flying the aircraft and a selection of rare photographs of this supersonic spy plane and its crews. Text by Paul F. Crickmore.