One of the most amazing planes in history gets yet another huge tribute. It’s comprehensive, but also has spots of boredom.
Right away there’s some photos of prototypes that led to the Blackbird, as well as shots of Area 51. Those were cool. Another good entry was the page of tail photos; my fave is the shark.
But it takes a huge fan to get through this; even I needed to take some breaks and refocus. There’s only so many angles of a plane that can be shot, so after a while it feels repetitive. Not putting this book down in any way, since it’s really comprehensive, merely stating it should be taken in small doses.

Don't come here if you seek the history of these wonderful planes. The fact that of the three immediate predecessors to what we commonly think of as Blackbirds two were lost in accidents is never even mentioned. No, what this book is is possibly the best technical photography archive – all the construction, all the test flights, all the different colours used etc; but if you want the story (or the science) the captions will not suffice. For the right audience, however, it's worth every shelf inch.

Thank you to Jim Goodall, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., and NetGalley for this advanced copy of “Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: The Illustrated History of America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane” for an honest review.

The SR-71 Blackbird has been my favorite plane since I was six or seven and my father brought home a model plane kit and we built it together. I have loved it grounded on Air Force bases (where I could lay my hand on it or sit in the cockpit), in comics and cartoon (X-Men, ahoy!), and in endless movies of the 80’s-90’s.

Obviously, I had to jump at it immediately when I saw there was an illustrated history of this gorgeous, gorgeous spy plane, and it did not disappoint in the slightest. It’s amazing. While the background creation & development is not in-depth (please see: government. spy. plane.), there were endless pictures of the Blackbird itself in every fix and fashion you could imagine, from it being built, flying, being drawn, in wrecked pieces, everything.

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a book full of photos and details on America's Legendary Mach 3 Spy Plane.  It is really cool to see all the photos of this plane and all about the history of it.

I received a free e-copy of this book in order to write this review. I was not otherwise compensated.

Update: Thinks to the publishers sending me a file I was able to download it to my laptop to read it, since I wasn't able to read it on my phone. I loved it ,loved how it bright to life the history of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird .Loved the pictures as well ,with that said I want to say think you to the publishers for giving me a second chance at read it.