BLACKBIRD RISING: BIRTH OF AN AVIATION LEGEND

Description: TO ACCURATELY RESEARCH AND DESCRIBE THE SEQUENTIAL EVENTS SURROUNDING THE BIRTH OF THE BLACKBIRD IS A MONUMENTAL TASK. AS TIME CONTINUES MANY FACTS BECOME MERGED WITH MYTH TO FORM THE LEGEND OF THE SR-71 AND ITS PREDECESSORS. THIS BOOK DESCRIBES ONLY A PORTION OF THE BIRD’S DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY. A PORTION THAT IS PERSONALLY QUITE FAMILIAR TO KEN AND ME.THE STORY CHRONICLES THE AIRFRAME AND SENSOR SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT LEADING TO THE MULTI-SPECTRAL RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM OF THE INITIAL OPERATIONAL FLEET OF SR-71S. THE FOUNDATIONAL SUITE OF SENSORS AND THEIR CAPABILITY REPRESENTED A MAJOR JUMP IN TECHNOLOGY. TO GET TENDER DELICATE, CRANKY, HIGH-PERFORMANCE EQUIPMENT TO OPERATE AND PRODUCE MEANINGFUL DATA IN ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT OF EARTH-BOUND OPERATING ENVIRONMENTS PROVED TO BE A DEMANDING TASK. THE JOB WAS THERE TO DO, AND OUR DRIVE TOWARD COMPLETION WAS PRODDED ALONG BY THE URGENT KNOWLEDGE THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDED THE INFORMATION THE BLACKBIRD COULD COLLECT. WE DID NOT HAVE ALL DAY TO GET IT DONE.WHEN THE FIRST BIRDS AND THEIR CREWS BECAME OPERATIONAL AND STARTED FLYING AGAINST INTENDED TARGETS, THEY HAD THE VERY BEST SYSTEMS WE COULD SUPPORT IN THE FIELD. THE ENGINEERS, TECHNICIANS, GROUND CREWS, AND FLIGHT CREWS ALL STRUGGLED WITH THE CHALLENGES IN THEIR PART OF THE PROGRAM. THIS BOOK CHRONICLES THE EARLY BEGINNINGS OF THE BLACKBIRD’S STORY.

Price: 34.42 CAD

Location: north Saaanich, BC

End Time: 2024-12-28T00:30:15.000Z

Shipping Cost: 15.68 CAD

Product Images

Item Specifics

Restocking Fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Seller

Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Signed By: Donn Byrnes

Book Title: BLACKBIRD RISING: BIRTH OF AN AVIATION LEGEND

Book Series: Historical

Original Language: English

Item Length: 23 CM

Vintage: No

Format: Paperback

Unit Type: Unit

Language: English

Item Height: 3 CM

Personalized: Yes

Topic: Aircraft

Unit Quantity: 1

Item Width: 15 CM

Signed: Yes

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Incorporated

Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults

Inscribed: Yes

Edition: First Edition

Publication Year: 1999

Type: Short Stories

Literary Movement: Modernism

Era: 1990s

Author: Donn A. Byrnes & Kenneth D. Hurley

Genre: Aviation

Item Weight: 720 G

Number of Pages: 341