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Military Aircraft Abstract SR-71 Blackbird Engine. In this horizontal abstract composition, rendered in various shades of black, the muscular industrial form of the jet engine of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane presides over the frame. Built in the 1960s, the SR-71 was a large 2-seat spy plane, at over 107 feet in length and 55 feet in wingspan. It’s powerful Pratt and Whitney J58-1 jet engines and special construction to deal with the heat generated by air friction at high speeds allowed the aircraft to travel at more than Mach 3, or more than 3 times the speed of sound (more than 2,200 miles per hour) and at the high altitude of more than 85,000 feet– out of range of many of the ground-to-air missiles in use at the time. It was built to replace the U2 spy plane, which had recently been shot down by the USSR. There are three aviation museums that I know of not far from Portland, Oregon, which have classic aircraft. The first is the Tillamook Air Museum, which is in a W...

Long time resident of Oregon. Owner/Artist of the ScenicOregon.com stock photo site (http://scenicoregon.com/webpics2). To license the use of images for publication purposes, proceed to that site. To order fine art prints, posters, greeting cards, or other merchandise featuring my images, use this site (fineartamerica.com). I specialize in scenic images, especially of Oregon, but photograph many other subjects as well. Some of my favorite subjects are the waterfalls and coastlines or Oregon.