I Need A Starter for A SR-71 Blackbird...

[Lunentucker]

Here you go. Anything Else?

Pratt and Whitney used two Buick V8's to get the Blackbird's engine going.
The whole thing is mind blowing, and this in the 60's.

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[legacy_etu]

Here you go. Anything Else?

Pratt and Whitney used two Buick V8's to get the Blackbird's engine going.
The whole thing is mind blowing, and this in the 60's.

Amazing stuff people can dream up.……and to think back then all this was done off a drafting board.

 

[Lunentucker]

In this one you can hear those V8's screaming on the start cart




And this one goes through the incredible ways in which those engines operate.

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