Super-reconnaissance reconnaissance aircraft SR-72 mysterious bar

Lockheed Martin is said to be secretly fabricating a spy plane to attack the SR-72 to replace the legendary spy SR-71 Blackbird.

National Interest magazine reported that Lockheed Martin Group is developing a new version of the SR-71 Blackbird supersonic spy plane that appeared in 2013. The aircraft was designated SR-72 and information about the Its development appeared again in June this year.

In the 1990s, rumors about the design of a mysterious airplane hung on the wall in a special meeting room at the headquarters of Lockheed Martin Group were spread. The existence of an aircraft project that replaced the SR-71 in operation in 1998 has never been officially verified.

Aeronautical experts and project enthusiasts are Aurora, or the Bigfoot of the aviation world. The story of Aurora began in 1990, when Aviation Week reported that it was approved by the US Department of Defense in the 1986 budget project.

The $ 2.3 billion budget was spent on the development of a replacement aircraft for the legendary SR-71 Blackbird. The Pentagon never mentioned such a project, but the story of its development has steadily appeared on major newspapers.

Mysterious project

In 1988, the New York Times reported that an alternative version of SR-71 is being developed. The new model can fly at super-high speed up to Mach 5 (about 6.123km / h).

Aerodynamic graphic design of SR-72 supersonic reconnaissance aircraft.(Photo: Aviation Week).

According to science magazine Popular Mechanics, flying vehicles have speeds from Mach 1 to less than Mach 5 (equivalent to 1.224km / h to less than 6.123 km / h) and are classified as supersonic vehicles. Flying vehicles with speeds from Mach 5 (6,123 km / h) or more are designated as super-cruising vehicles.

In the early 1990s, a series of mysterious sounds shook the coast of California. Mysterious sounds continue to be reported in Southern California to this day. Such a report was published by the local press in April 2009 but could not explain the origin of the strange sound.

Some argue that the mysterious sound is caused by meteorites entering the earth's atmosphere. Others claim that it appears from military operations. Aurora project enthusiasts have their own explanations. They assumed that the sound was produced when the plane flew over the Pacific Ocean to return to the base in California.

The survey network of the US Geological Survey has inadvertently recorded strange vibrations. In 2001, an article published by the California Institute of Technology analyzed strange sounds and concluded that no matter what they were, they came from some unknown offshore event.

This report raises two questions. If mysterious sounds are the result of natural phenomena, why do they appear? Secondly, if it is due to military operations, why do they not explain to the local people.

Mysterious encounters

In 1989, Chris Gibson, an observer of the veteran aircraft and former member of the Royal Observatory, of the Royal Air Force, saw a mysterious aircraft working on an oil rig in the North Sea. .

Gibson reports that the plane is shaped like a weight triangle that is fueling a KC-135 tanker. In 1992, Stephen Douglass, aviation enthusiast, captured the image of a strange smokescreen created by an airplane engine in the sky, accompanied by an unusual burst of sound.

Another graphic model of the aerodynamic design of the Aurora project.(Graphics: Henrickson).

Strange smoke and sounds are thought to have been caused by Aurora's engine using the 'pulse detonation' principle to achieve super speed beyond the bar created. In 1992, Aviation Week continued to report that a number of military radio enthusiasts were eavesdropping between the air traffic control station of Edwards air base and a high-altitude aircraft called Gaspipe .

Communication was carried out when Gaspipe was operating at 67,000 feet (about 20.4 km), higher than the normal operating level of military aircraft. U-2 and SR-71 spy planes often operate at this altitude. The US Air Force confirmed that no U-2 or SR-71 aircraft were being controlled by the Edwards facility at the time, adding to the mystery of the project.

In late 1994, journalist Nick Cook of Jane's Defense Weekly defense magazine visited Lockheed Martin's famous Skunk Works aircraft factory, to interview the head of Jack Gordon and tour the production facility.

Later, he recalled that before leaving the factory, he saw a large poster hanging in the lobby area depicting images of the planes that the factory had produced. There is a strange model called Astra. It is on the top of the list and looks like a high-speed reconnaissance aircraft.

Mr. Cook then contacted Lockheed Martin's press department to ask about Astra and was told it was a high-speed passenger plane.

The real thing about reconnaissance aircraft that surpassed the SR-72 was still a mystery, but in June, Skunk Works general manager Rob Weiss suddenly confirmed that the superhigh technology research project was completed. .