Lockheed SR-71 / YF-12 Blackbird

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View: https://youtu.be/LBhCCqXkNeo

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Here's an interesting Sandboxx video about a possible SR-71 re-engining giving it a second life:

NASA seems to be working quietly to bring the last SR-71 Blackbird ever built out of retirement and back into flight status… and if recent reporting from The Warzone proves true, it may be getting new engines that make it even faster.

Check out The Warzone’s SR-71 Reporting:
https://www.twz.com/air/former-sr-71-...https://www.youtube.com/redirect?ev...nasas-blackbird-revival-program&v=LBhCCqXkNeo
https://www.twz.com/air/could-nasas-s...https://www.youtube.com/redirect?ev...ird-be-modified-to-reach-mach-4&v=LBhCCqXkNeo

Check out our previous SR-72 coverage:

• The SR-72 is REAL — And we can prove it

• Lockheed's spending BILLIONS on a SECRET A...

• Has the SR-72 finally entered production?? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkMScRdpHb0

Rotating Detonation Engines:

• Figuring out GE Aerospace's hypersonic air...

• Lockheed and GE join forces on a new HYPER... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62CXaH62B2g
https://www.youtube.com/redirect?ev...//www.tiktok.com/alexhollings52&v=LBhCCqXkNeo
Citations:
NASA quietly removes SR-71 from storage amid X-plane push (Aviation Week) https://aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
NASA SR-71B flight with F-18 chase aircraft (NASA) https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/sr...
Did NASA's administrator just tease an SR-71 follow-on X-plane? (The War Zone) https://www.twz.com/air/did-nasas-adm...
Former SR-71 engineer talks NASA's Blackbird revival program (The War Zone) https://www.twz.com/air/former-sr-71-...
NASA asked several former SR-71A staffers to help secret restart (Aviation Week) https://aviationweek.com/defense/airc...
Could NASA's SR-71 be modified to reach Mach 4? (The War Zone) https://www.twz.com/air/could-nasas-s...
Ben Rich on the SR-71 (PDF) https://s3images.coroflot.com/user_fi...
SR-71 flight hour history (Air & Space Forces Magazine) http://airandspaceforces.com/?p=178306
MiG-25 service history and speed limits (GlobalSecurity) https://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...
Boeing boasts near-Mach 3 top speed for F-15EX (Aviation Week) https://aviationweek.com/shownews/sin...
J58 engine history (Aircraft Engine Historical Society) https://www.enginehistory.org/GasTurb...
Hermeus completes hypersonic milestone with engine tests (Hermeus) https://www.hermeus.com/article/herme...
Hermeus unveils Ramjet-X (Hermeus) https://www.hermeus.com/article/herme...
GE Aerospace and Lockheed Martin demonstrate rotating detonation ramjet (GE Aerospace) https://www.geaerospace.com/news/pres...
Talon-A hypersonic vehicle (Stratolaunch) https://www.stratolaunch.com/vehicles...
DART AE scramjet test vehicle (Hypersonix) https://www.hypersonix.com/technology...
NASA's plan to launch hypersonic Phoenix missiles from an F-15 (Sandboxx News) https://www.sandboxx.us/news/nasas-ha...
The SR-72 timeline: from initial design to Top Gun's Darkstar (Sandboxx News) https://www.sandboxx.us/news/the-sr-7...​

If the rumours of 844 being refurbished, reactivated and recommissioned are true I wonder what jet-engine design would replace its' two J58s? If this does happed I suppose it would have a new tri-services designation SR-71D (Or maybe YSR-71D or NSR-71D).