The SR-71 was about 100 times stealthier than the Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter built 10 years later.
The Blackbird, which was actually the world’s first operational stealth aircraft, was 140,000 pounds and 108 feet long, about the size of a tactical bomber called the B-58 Hustler, but with the incredibly small radar cross-section of a single-engine Piper Cub.
In other words, that is what the radar operator would think he was tracking. The stealthy characteristics of this amazing airplane that flew faster than Mach 3 and higher than 80,000 feet. Its wings, tail, and fuselage were reloaded with special composite materials that absorbed radar. Energy 65% of the low radar cross-section comes from the shaping of an airplane and 35% from the radar-absorbing coatings.
This is a direct quote from Ben Rich from his book “The Skunk Works” I recommend this book..
Also mentioned what added to the stealth was the iron ferrites that were in the black paint that covered the A-12/SR 71
My father Butch Sheffield was asked to write a small part of this book, and he did.
He told me that the CIA changed everything in this book ever so slightly so they could deny it as the truth, so if you look at some of these facts and say that’s a little bit wrong now you know why.
Linda Sheffield
Los pelos de punta. Desconozco al autor del video pero, por si le llega este post, probablemente sea lo mejor que he visto en muuuuuucho tiempo.
Que maravilla.
The slickest Tomcat to ever do it.
Say hello to "Vandy 1," the legendary all-black F-14 Tomcat from test squadron VX-4 "Evaluators."
It shows this absolute stunner cruising effortlessly over clear blue waters. Sporting its famous glossy black paint job and the iconic white Playboy bunny logo on the tail, this jet was an instant crowd-pleaser and one of the most photographed aircraft in naval aviation history.
That time a TikTok immigration lawyer decided to confront “Delta Stache Force” and it did not end well for her.
She was ignored, laughed at, and pushed away when she insisted on putting her phone in his face.
Here’s the full video from start to finish for the first time.
A Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) sniper near St. John’s Episcopal Church, where President Trump was holding a photo op during his first term.