All White NASA SR-71 Blackbird

[Flanker37]

I've just been reading the Squadron Signal book.  And there is a small photo of a model Lockheed built. A Gloss white SR-71 with Blue stripes running down the length of the fuselage and the nacels.

Ive googled for more pics, but i cant find any.  It would be an interesting model to make, instead of the plain ol' boring black scheme.

anyone have more pics/sources or fancy doing some Profiles?

[bluedonkey99]

on a slight deviation, but linked due to "unseen" schemes?

In the book below there is mention of "unseen" Sr-71/A-12 camo......   

Anyonw seen either before?

http://www.specialtypress.com/vstore/showdetl.cfm?DID=8&Product_ID=2206&CATID=1

BD99

[philp]

Found this at Birdseyetourist which says it is a NASA bird.


The page link is here if you want to click on it and see where this is located.

[Sentinel Chicken]

I think that white in the Birdseye view is from some sort of Spraylat protective coating than a color scheme.

[KJ_Lesnick]

I'm wondering why they painted it in black and not white.  White reflects heat, black absorbs the heat then re-emits it...  But wouldn't that mean the plane would heat up before re-emitting heat?  If you just reflected it away outright, wouldn't that be preferable?

[JayBee]

The Blackbird heated up from kinetic heating (friction with the air) so it was necessary to radiate the heat away as soon as possible.
Plus, off course, it LOOKS so much cooler in Black.

JimB

[Sentinel Chicken]

Didn't the Blackbird use the same iron-ball ferrite based paint as the U-2 fleet?