
NASA已將保存於愛德華空軍基地、尾號844的SR-71A移入機棚檢查,並主動接觸昔日測試工程師,評估恢復飛行的可能性。
停飛近27年的傳奇SR-71「黑鳥」高空高速偵察機可能重返天空。NASA已將愛德華空軍基地的尾號844機體移入機棚檢查,並聯繫昔日測試工程師評估復飛可行性。
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SR-71「黑鳥」為高空高速偵察機,尾號844機於1999年10月9日完成最後一次飛行後保存於愛德華基地。
圖為SR-71偵察機。(圖片擷取自NASA)
〔記者吳哲宇/台北報導〕停飛近27年的傳奇SR-71「黑鳥」高空高速偵察機,可能再度重返天空。NASA已將目前保存於愛德華空軍基地、尾號844的SR-71A從戶外展示區移入機棚檢查,更主動接觸昔日「黑鳥」測試工程師,評估讓這架機齡59年的3馬赫飛機恢復飛行。
軍聞網站引述《Aviation Week》報導,尾號844的SR-71A飛機於1999年10月9日完成整個「黑鳥」家族最後一次飛行後,一直留在愛德華基地供戶外展示。今年5月前該機已悄悄從展示區消失並進入機棚,比NASA署長艾薩克曼9月提出重建X-plane實驗機隊構想還早。
更值得注意的是,NASA主管今年8月曾聯繫前SR-71測試工程師,詢問是否願意協助844號機恢復飛行,另有多名昔日測試人員也接獲邀請,顯示NASA目前工作已不只是單純保存歷史飛機。
SR-71以鈦合金機體打造,844可飛至3.2馬赫以上、高度超過2萬5900公尺,並能維持3馬赫飛行逾1小時。NASA過去更曾把SR-71改造成高速實驗平台,上機身可搭載總重6577公斤的研究設備,用於推進、氣動及高溫環境測試。
不過「黑鳥復活」難度極高,其2具J58引擎已停用數十年,必須重新檢查結構與剩餘壽命並進行試車;SR-71每次飛行還需要大量特殊JP-7燃油,引擎啟動則使用三乙基硼烷燃料,其專用潤滑油、液壓油、地勤設備與大量備料如今也已不存在。
人員問題同樣棘手,昔日負責訓練的雙座SR-71B已成博物館展示機,NASA原有模擬器也不再具備操作能力。若要真正復飛,不只得重建模擬訓練系統,還要重新培養飛行員及偵察系統官,並取得高空全壓力飛行服資格。
NASA目前仍處於可行性評估階段,尚不能認定SR-71確定復飛。真正的關鍵將是下一步是否拆檢J58、對鈦合金機體實施非破壞檢測、採購JP-7、進行引擎試車及滑行測試。若這些工作陸續出現,才代表沉寂近27年的「黑鳥」真正開始朝重返天空邁進。
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