﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:19:47 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>The SR-71 Blackbird</title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com:443/History/NASA-YF-12/rss/6981</link><atom:link href="https://www.thesr71blackbird.com:443/History/NASA-YF-12/rss/6981" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[NASA YF-12 Research Program]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/nasa-yf-12-research-program</link><description><![CDATA[ 
  The Planes   

 Two YF-12s were flown in a joint Air Force-NASA research program at the NASA Flight Research Center (after 1976, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center) between 1969 and 1979. ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 1969 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/nasa-yf-12-research-program</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3775]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Propulsion Research]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/propulsion-research</link><description><![CDATA[ With the YF-12, NASA researchers hoped to establish a technology base for the design of an efficient propulsion system for supersonic cruise aircraft, such as a Supersonic Transport (SST). Primary ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 1971 02:49:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/propulsion-research</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3770]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Thermal Loads Research]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/thermal-loads-research</link><description><![CDATA[ Initially, NASA researchers planned for the YF-12 program to focus on propulsion technology, especially inlet performance. Since the YF-12 featured a mixed-compression inlet, engineers planned to ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 1972 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/thermal-loads-research</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3773]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Landing Studies]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/landing-studies</link><description><![CDATA[ In something of a departure for Blackbird researchers, NASA and Lockheed engineers investigated space shuttle landing dynamics using the YF-12C. Several flights, conducted in April and June 1973, ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 1973 02:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/landing-studies</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3769]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[SR Admin]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Cold Wall Experiment]]></title><link>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/the-cold-wall160experiment</link><description><![CDATA[ Because air friction subjected the plane to extreme heat during flight, the YF-12 was also used to study high-temperature phenomena unrelated to the plane itself. Perhaps the most significant of ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Feb 1975 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/History/NASA-YF-12/the-cold-wall160experiment</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[4290dc2a-b438-4f47-8bb8-f7ff19b6d336-3774]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>