![]() ![]() But it seems likely that what’s on the silver screen is very much along the lines of what at least one defense contractor believes is a plausible aircraft. There’s no Pentagon contract to build the real-world SR-72 yet So far, it’s an internal Lockheed Martin effort, so it may never actually be built. #DARKSTAR ONE MOSTORGA MOVIE#The movie SR-72 could be a lot closer to a real aircraft than the general public realizes. ![]() Whether or not the aircraft is a real design under testing or something cool dreamed up to place on top of the pole remains to be seen. (Or is it the real SR-72?) Interestingly, Becky, Jason, and Lucio are all shown with a previously unseen teardrop-shaped aircraft mounted on the Helendale facility pole. The final two company employees profiled for Top Gun: Maverick are “Jason” and “Lucio.” Jason and Lucio are model-makers that actually cut and mold material to form a concept aircraft, and the video shows them working on a model of the movie SR-72. Note the heat buildup on the nose, wing leading edges, and engine bumps. Hypersonic travel subjects aircraft and missiles to incredible heat levels due to air friction. Becky appears to be at the Lockheed Martin Helendale Radar Cross Section Facility, which had a moment on social media last year when a new, previously unseen aircraft shape was photographed at the facility.Īnother Lockheed Martin image of the Top Gun: Maverick SR-72. The smaller the radar cross-section, the more difficult it is for a radar to detect the aircraft. Pole models are models of aircraft that are mounted on tall poles for testing to determine their radar cross-section. The next LockMart employee is “ Becky,” who describes her work as designing and fabricating different types of full-scale pole models. Using a pencil, Jim sketches the movie SR-72 while sitting outdoors in front of a CGI version of the aircraft. The page has three short video vignettes featuring “ Jim,” a conceptual designer who draws aircraft for the company. Lockheed Martin, on its Top Gun: Maverick webpage, explains it had a number of staff work on the movie project to flesh out what a Mach-10 plane might look like. Are Top Gun’s Fighter Jet Stunts Realistic?.Naval Aviation Interest Rose Post-1986 Film Debut.Established by legendary aviation engineer Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, the Skunk Works has proven itself the most important and influential aviation design bureau of the modern era, responsible for the U-2 spy plane, SR-71 Blackbird, F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter, F-22 Raptor, and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The Skunk Works, a name drawn from the cartoon Li’l Abner, is the division of Lockheed Martin that works on classified aircraft programs. Although fictional, the SR-72 has a real-world pedigree, with design help for the aircraft and models coming from the same group that is designing the real SR-72: the world-famous Skunk Works, Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs.Īccording to Lockheed Martin, the production team behind Top Gun: Maverick contacted the company’s Skunk Works division to assist with the SR-72 concept. Thirty-six years after the first film debuted, Mitchell is a test pilot flying the SR-72 “Darkstar” airplane. In Top Gun: Maverick, Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell takes his need for speed to a new realm: the hypersonic realm, that is. The company’s famous Skunk Works division developed the SR-72, as well as the real SR-71.The SR-72 doesn’t really exist, but engineers at Lockheed Martin had a hand in its development.One of the stars of the new film Top Gun: Maverick is the SR-72 Darkstar hypersonic aircraft. ![]()
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