Revell 04967 Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird 1:48 Scale Model Kit, Unvarnished

Description

Brand: Revell

Color: Unvarnished

Features:

• Brand New Tooling
• Highly Detailed Surfaces
• Detailed Cockpit
• Superbly Detailed Pratt & Whitney J58 axial-flow turbojet engines

Details: This unique airplane flew at 2,000 mph at altitudes that are still classified. With high-tech electronic equipment onboard, it gathered strategic reconnaissance information for the U.S. military for over 25 years. Features: Accurate surface detail, can be built as drone carrier (drone included), waterslide decals. The SR-71 was developed by Lockheed’s “Skunk Works” to replace the U-2 high altitude spyplane which had become vulnerable to interception by surface-to-air missiles. The SR-71 is very fast and with a top speed in excess of 2100mph it still holds many world speed records. In the early ’90s the SR-71 fleet was mothballed but several aircraft have been reactivated by the continuing need for a manned reconnaissance capability.