![TIL that SR-71 ("Blackbird") had to refuel after takeoff to ensure 100 percent inert atmosphere in each fuel tank (and not because aircraft leaked fuel during takeoff) : r/todayilearned TIL that SR-71 ("Blackbird") had to refuel after takeoff to ensure 100 percent inert atmosphere in each fuel tank (and not because aircraft leaked fuel during takeoff) : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/wBC8_9wWvCb1FJ6XK8ZWbgPfD405IW3HqC7RfOMCSA0.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=97d0a084bb5ff3da2251e95556a59687d8f8f6ba)
TIL that SR-71 ("Blackbird") had to refuel after takeoff to ensure 100 percent inert atmosphere in each fuel tank (and not because aircraft leaked fuel during takeoff) : r/todayilearned
![SR71 Blackbird | USA Mach 3+ Wonder Aircraft | Fastest Planes In The World | Upscaled video - YouTube SR71 Blackbird | USA Mach 3+ Wonder Aircraft | Fastest Planes In The World | Upscaled video - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e5nlztHn5U0/maxresdefault.jpg)
SR71 Blackbird | USA Mach 3+ Wonder Aircraft | Fastest Planes In The World | Upscaled video - YouTube
Beale removes fuel storage tanks that kept Blackbird soaring > Beale Air Force Base > Article Display
![Here's Why the SR-71 Was Actually Designed to Leak Fuel All Over the Tarmac | Aerospace Manufacturing Here's Why the SR-71 Was Actually Designed to Leak Fuel All Over the Tarmac | Aerospace Manufacturing](https://aero-space.us/wp-content/uploads/SR71.jpg)
Here's Why the SR-71 Was Actually Designed to Leak Fuel All Over the Tarmac | Aerospace Manufacturing
![PDF] Predicted Performance of a Thrust-Enhanced SR-71 Aircraft with an External Payload | Semantic Scholar PDF] Predicted Performance of a Thrust-Enhanced SR-71 Aircraft with an External Payload | Semantic Scholar](https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/191eb3df2bcaa9f6145849245378a88c1a1d7992/6-Figure3-1.png)
PDF] Predicted Performance of a Thrust-Enhanced SR-71 Aircraft with an External Payload | Semantic Scholar
![the SR 71 not weird but whats weird about it is that due to the way it was made when it was cold it was constantly leaking fuel. The fuel tanks where the SR 71 not weird but whats weird about it is that due to the way it was made when it was cold it was constantly leaking fuel. The fuel tanks where](https://preview.redd.it/the-sr-71-not-weird-but-whats-weird-about-it-is-that-due-to-v0-5u6yq1gunky91.png?width=602&format=png&auto=webp&s=939932d4bcc8d79023b6f15376387d871fe09811)