Curator John Anderson explains what causes the distinctive diamond pattern in the SR-71 jet engine exhaust. Learn more about the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A19920072000
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