At more than 2300 mph, this magnificent machine was untouchably for along time as it cursed the world looking for bad people trying to do bad things to the rest of us!
Now for all of the ''gear heads'', they had to use a external ''power wagon'' with two (Nail Head) Buick V8's to help start the two jet engines!!
''The super-secret, ultra-sleek two-seater flew high-altitude long-range reconnaissance missions for the U.S. Air Force for more than 30 years, and 32 copies were produced in that time. The SR-71’s power came from twin 6000-pound Pratt & Whitney J58 afterburning turbojet engines, each capable of more than 25,000 pounds of thrust that propelled the plane to Mach 3, roughly 2300 mph.
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