This is the version of my SR-71 talk that I gave to the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers on 5 May 2017 at the Doty Family Education Center in Sandy, Utah.
First, because clicking on the links within the pdf file below is a little clunky, here are the cool links from the presentation.
–http://www.sr-71.org/blackbird/manual/
–https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
–http://www.strategic-air-command.com
–http://www.flybynightvideos.com/blackbirds.html
–http://airrefuelingarchive.wordpress.com
–http://www.blackbirds.net/tankers/kc135q.html
–http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC-135_Stratotanker
–http://www.clavius.org/techcomp.html
–http://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/9001/do-tanker-aircraft-distribute-their-own-fuel
…and a nice youtube video of the amazing J58 Turboramjet…
My Presentation