For those who flew the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird it was a different experience. It was a machine that needed precision and focus operating at the edge of the atmosphere. As retired pilot Brian Shul ...
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More than 60 years after it graced the skies for the first time, Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest manned plane ever developed. With the ability to hit a maximum speed of 2,193 miles per ...
The well-known SR-71 owes its roots to a more obscure predecessor, the A-12 developed by the famous Lockheed ‘Skunk Works' as ...
SR-71 Blackbird crews were more like astronauts than fighter pilots, donning pressure suits, eating special meals, and ...
Back in 1976, Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Morgan Jr. climbed on board a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and set the absolute world speed record for a manned, ...
On the cover of Aviation Week’s Jan. 20, 1990, issue, a U.S. Air Force/Lockheed SR-71 flies over Lake Almanor in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Air Force had announced the phasing out of the program ...
Museum Docent Scott Willey describes the final record-setting flight of the National Air and Space Museum's SR-71. Learn more about the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display at the National Air and ...
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 ...