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<a class="fancybox" rel="e50b0eff4b4f472c1a1c42e26fdc9c7e" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/167/772/for_gallery_v2/dd2ad76a.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/167/772/large_v3/dd2ad76a.jpg" alt="Dd2ad76a" /></a></div></div>Saw a 3-engine variant of the SR-71 in Seattle museum. Does anyone know how many of these were built and why they needed the extra engine?2017-08-05T14:57:21-04:00Capt Seid Waddell2803980<div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-167772"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image">
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<a class="fancybox" rel="412b4e0331177353fd7667ed9dc617d0" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/167/772/for_gallery_v2/dd2ad76a.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/167/772/large_v3/dd2ad76a.jpg" alt="Dd2ad76a" /></a></div></div>Saw a 3-engine variant of the SR-71 in Seattle museum. Does anyone know how many of these were built and why they needed the extra engine?2017-08-05T14:57:21-04:002017-08-05T14:57:21-04:00SFC Private RallyPoint Member2804006<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If I remember right, that isn't a 3rd engine, it is a reconnaissance drone attached to the aircraft....and I just doubled checked, it is a drone...called the D-21 and the SR-71 was used as its infil platform for a brief period of time.Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 5 at 2017 3:11 PM2017-08-05T15:11:17-04:002017-08-05T15:11:17-04:00SPC Private RallyPoint Member2804221<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Interesting, there's an SR-71 at the Pima Air & Space Museum that I've seen but I believe it only had two engines.Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 5 at 2017 4:49 PM2017-08-05T16:49:31-04:002017-08-05T16:49:31-04:002017-08-05T14:57:21-04:00