During the 1970s, the SR-71 set many speed and altitude records. In January of 1982, the SR-71B flew its historic 1,000th sortie.
The SR-71 was approximately 103.876 feet excluding the nose probe, which is four feet, eleven inches. The wingspan of the airplane was 55.62 feet and the height was 18.5 feet.
The vertical stabilizers, which were the two large fins at the rear of the aircraft, had a total area of 150.76 square feet and the fuselage was approximately five and a third feet in diameter.
The maximum takeoff weight of the airplane was 170,000 lbs. and without fuel, it was 60,000 lbs.
The SR-71 has accumulated many outstanding achievements. The SR-71 program itself has been a total success based on the fact that the aircraft holds all of the official airspeed and altitude records.
