How the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Works

An intensive and thrilling look inside the SR-71 Blackbird, one of aviation’s absolute greatest legends. Special thanks to Air Zoo Aerospace & Science Museum (), retired SR-71 Pilots Jerry Glasser and Buz Carpenter, and Arnie Gunderson (retired Pratt & Whitney J58 PM). CREDITS Jacob O’Neal - Research, script, narration, 3D modeling / animation, music BEHIND THE SCENES If you’d like to see how I made this video. I show my research sources, pdfs, images, etc., and also the model creation process, animating, rendering, and more: MUSIC I composed the background music specifically for this project. Listen to “Blackbird“ on my soundcloud: PATREON SOFTWARE USED I use Blender 3D to create these models. It’s free and open source, and the community is amazing: