SR-71 Online - Blackbird Losses
The SR-71 crashed 20 miles east of El Paso, Texas, but the KC-135 limped back to Beale AFB, California with a damaged refueling boom and aft fuselage. SR-71A (61-7974 / 2025) This aircraft was lost on 21 April 1989 over the South China Sea and is the last loss of any Blackbird.
Blackbird Losses - SR-71
Apr 15, 1996 · The following web pages describes the events and suspected causes of the loss and includes as much data as is currently available about each crash. There are images of some of these losses. This loss listing is in chronological order from the first loss to the last one.
Here's why the Last SR-71 Blackbird to Crash was Buried at Sea
Oct 5, 2023 · SR-71 RSO explains why the Last Blackbird to Crash (SR-71 #61-17974, better known as Ichi-Ban departed) was Buried at Sea
The Story of the SR-71 Blackbird that crashed while attempting to …
Sep 18, 2022 · On Jul. 20, 1972 SR-71 Blackbird #978 (known as the “Rapid Rabbit” because of the Playboy logo she sported on both rudders throughout most of her career) crashed at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Airman Jody Liliedah wrote about his eyewitness experience in Air and Space magazine in October 2015.
Accident Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird 61-7970, Wednesday 17 …
An Air Force SR-71, a long-range reconnaissance jet, crashed 20 miles east of El Paso at 9:30 a.m. today following routine refueling from a KC-135 Air Force tanker.
Ichiban Wreckage: The story of how SR-71 Blackbird #61-7974 …
On Apr. 21, 1989, SR-71 #61-7974, better known as Ichiban departed Kadena Air Base (AB) on a mission. Remains of the front cockpit. At the controls were Pilot Lt. Col Dan House, and RSO Blair Bozek.
www.habu.org - 17965 - Blackbird Photo Archive
The crash site was discovered on January 9, 1999, by Peter Merlin and Tony Moore. Here is the official report of the accident, courtesy of Peter Merlin: SR-71 serial number 61-7965, call sign ASPEN 28, departed Beale AFB at 0058Z on 25 October 1967 for …
Blackbird Losses Page Two - SR-71
Apr 15, 1996 · Loss #8 61-17950 (SR-71A) The prototype SR-71 was lost on 10 January 1967 at Edwards during an anti-skid braking system evaluation. The main landing gear tires blew out and the resulting fire in the magnesium wheels spread to …
When his SR-71 Disintegrated, This Pilot Free Fell From Space …
On January 25, 1966, test pilot Bill Weaver and Lockheed flight test reconnaissance and navigation systems specialist Jim Zwayer experienced their plane vanishing around them while executing a turn… at more than 2,400 miles per hour.
How an SR-71 Blackbird Disintegrated at 78,000 feet
Aug 17, 2024 · Engine Inlet Malfunction. Shortly after entering a 35-degree right bank, the SR-71 experienced an “inlet unstart,” a phenomenon where a disturbance inside the engine inlet causes a shockwave to be expelled forward, resulting in an instant loss of thrust.