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Description
SR-71A #61-7975 is on display at the March Field Museum at March ARB, near Riverside, CA. This aircraft has the distinction of carrying a rudder from SR-71A #61-7978, which crashed on 20 July 1972 at Kadena AB on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Assembly of this aircraft started on 15 March 1966 and its roll out was on 15 December 1966. The first flight of the aircraft was on 13 April 1967. This aircraft This aircraft ended its career with 2,854 flight hour

Specifications (SR-71A)

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Payload: 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) of sensors
* Length: 107 ft 5 in (32.74 m)
* Wingspan: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m)
* Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
* Wing area: 1,800 ft2 (170 m2)
* Empty weight: 67,500 lb (30,600 kg)
* Loaded weight: 170,000 lb (77,000 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 172,000 lb (78,000 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney J58-1 continuous-bleed afterburning turbojets, 32,500 lbf (145 kN) each
* Wheel track: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
* Wheel base: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
* Aspect ratio: 1.7

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 3.2+ (2,200+ mph, 3,530+ km/h, 1,900+ knots) at 80,000 ft (24,000 m)
* Range: 2,900 nmi (5,400 km)
* Ferry range: 3,200 nmi (5,925 km)
* Service ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
* Rate of climb: 11,810 ft/min (60 m/s)
* Wing loading: 94 lb/ft² (460 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.382

Description
SR-71A #61-7975 is on display at the March Field Museum at March ARB, near Riverside, CA. This aircraft has the distinction of carrying a rudder from SR-71A #61-7978, which crashed on 20 July 1972 at Kadena AB on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Assembly of this aircraft started on 15 March 1966 and its roll out was on 15 December 1966. The first flight of the aircraft was on 13 April 1967. This aircraft This aircraft ended its career with 2,854 flight hour

Specifications (SR-71A)

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Payload: 3,500 lb (1,600 kg) of sensors
* Length: 107 ft 5 in (32.74 m)
* Wingspan: 55 ft 7 in (16.94 m)
* Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
* Wing area: 1,800 ft2 (170 m2)
* Empty weight: 67,500 lb (30,600 kg)
* Loaded weight: 170,000 lb (77,000 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 172,000 lb (78,000 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney J58-1 continuous-bleed afterburning turbojets, 32,500 lbf (145 kN) each
* Wheel track: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
* Wheel base: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
* Aspect ratio: 1.7

Performance

* Maximum speed: Mach 3.2+ (2,200+ mph, 3,530+ km/h, 1,900+ knots) at 80,000 ft (24,000 m)
* Range: 2,900 nmi (5,400 km)
* Ferry range: 3,200 nmi (5,925 km)
* Service ceiling: 85,000 ft (25,900 m)
* Rate of climb: 11,810 ft/min (60 m/s)
* Wing loading: 94 lb/ft² (460 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.382