Nov 1, 2023 · SR-71C The Bastard In the Spring of 1991 representatives from the 67th Aerial Port Squadron and the 405th CLSS traveled twice to Beale AFB via two large, flat-bed trucks to …

SR-71C was a hybrid trainer [188] aircraft composed of the rear fuselage of the first YF-12A (S/N 60-6934) and the forward fuselage from an SR-71 static test unit. The YF-12 had been …

May 17, 2017 · This is the story of what may be the most unique SR-71 of them all. The two-seated SR-71C, SN 61-7981- the only SR-71C ever built. Few individual Blackbirds received …

Designed to fly at speeds of Mach 3, this jet-powered, piloted aircraft is the fastest plane on record. The SR-71C at Hill Aerospace Museum in Utah is the only C-model Blackbird ever …

Dec 18, 2023 · The SR-71C, a unique training aircraft, was built by combining two halves of other SR-71 aircraft. The merged aircraft, nicknamed 'The Bastard,' initially had flight problems but …

Jan 16, 2025 · Designated SR-71C, SR-71 S/N 61-7981 was the only C model Blackbird ever built and the last SR-71 to be manufactured. Given that the aircraft was a hybrid comprised of a …

Mar 14, 2021 · While some thirty-two SR-71s were produced, there was the truly one-of-a-kind SR-71C, a hybrid that was composed of the rear fuselage of the first YF-12 A, which had been …

981 was the only SR-71C built. Made from parts of the static test model SR-71 and the aft section of YF-12A #06934, she was built to replace SR-71B #957. She first flew on March 14, 1969.

SR-71C was a hybrid aircraft composed of the rear fuselage of the first YF-12A (S/N 60-6934) and the forward fuselage from an SR-71 static test unit. The YF-12 had been wrecked in a 1966 …

2 days ago · When one of the two SR-71B trainers, #61-7957, was lost on approach to Beale AFB on 11 January 1968, a replacement was built. Designated SR-71C, it was built from the aft …