Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Fuselage at Imperial War Museum, Duxford | Sunday, April 30, 2017

5:21 PM

The #Blackbird. Titanium bought from the USSR on various innocuous pretexts was used to make this. You can reach up and touch the fuselage and it’s a miracle of engineering. Leading edges thin enough to slice bread. #plane #lockheed #sr71 #mach3

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Fuselage at Imperial War Museum, Duxford | Sunday, April 30, 2017

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Vish Vishvanath

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2017-04-30

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2024-02-05

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