Black Magic : America's Spyplanes: SR-71 and U-2 / Print.
Michael O'Leary
- Osceola, WI Motorbrooks International Publishers 1989
- 144 p. Color photographs. Hardback book.
For twenty-five years the SR-71 Blackbird has been the world's most capable spy; flying at 80,000 and more than 2,000 mph, its sharp eyes can peer under every rock and tree in 100,000 square miles, every hour. The SR-71's older sister, the U-2, ushered in the age of the high-flying spyplane on July 4, 1956. Nicknamed the Dragon Lady, it soared like an impudent condor on long graceful wings. History, connection and comparison of these two planes makes fascinating reading for military plane enthusiasts.