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title: How the SR-71 Blackbird’s Engines Work — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/how-the-sr-71-blackbirds-engines-work/
date: 2014-10-14
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# How the SR-71 Blackbird’s Engines Work

It’s been called “black magic”: an engine that can push a plane from 0 to Mach 3.2 without breaking a sweat. Here’s how it works.