Editing Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (section)

==Variants==
[[File:Air Zoo - Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird.jpg|thumb|SR-71B on display at the [[Air Zoo]]]]

* '''SR-71A''' was the main production variant.
* '''SR-71B''' was a trainer variant.<ref>{{harvp|Landis|Jenkins|2004|pp=56-58}}</ref>
* '''SR-71C''' was a hybrid trainer<ref name="Only one">{{cite web|url=https://www.avgeekery.com/there-can-be-only-one-the-saga-of-the-only-sr-71c-ever-built/ |title=There Can Be Only One: The Saga of the Only SR-71C Ever Built |first=Bill |last=Walton |work=avgeekery.com |location=US |access-date=16 May 2021 |date=17 May 2017}}</ref> aircraft composed of the rear fuselage of the first YF-12A (S/N {{USAF serial|60|6934}}) and the forward fuselage from an SR-71 static test unit. The YF-12 had been wrecked in a 1966 landing accident. It has been reported that this Blackbird was seemingly not quite straight and had a yaw at supersonic speeds.<ref>{{harvp|Landis|Jenkins|2004|pp=62, 75}}.</ref> However, this was caused by a mis-aligned pitot tube reporting a 4° yaw that was not actually present. It was soon corrected and then flew normally.<ref name="Only one"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Blackbird-Aircraft/sr-71c-blackbird-17981-2001 |title=SR-71C Blackbird #17981 / #2001 |website=The SR-71 Blackbird |access-date=24 January 2023}}</ref> It was nicknamed "The Bastard".<ref>{{harvp|Merlin|2005|p=4}}</ref><ref>{{harvp|Pace|2004|pp=109-110}}</ref>