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The SR-71 Blackbird’s Pratt & Whitney J58 engines suffered an ‘unstart’ at 83,000 feet — and the aircraft began falling sideways
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird flying at 83,000 feet over the Soviet Kola Peninsula lost both Pratt & Whitney J58 engines ...
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The J58 engine that nearly broke the A-12 Blackbird
Lockheed’s A-12 needed a powerplant that could sustain Mach 3 flight, leading to the Pratt and Whitney J58, a turbojet-ramjet hybrid burning JP-7. The engine demanded exotic materials to survive ...
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