During the Cold War, this plane could fly higher and faster than any other – and 55 years after its first flight, it still does. The Lockheed SR-71, designed in secrecy in the late 1950s, was able to ...
The SR-71 is one of the U.S. Air Force's most prolific aircraft. Other than looking like a futuristic aircraft military model lovers have built for decades, it was designed and built in secret by the ...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” was never really much of a secret during its time in service with the United States Air Force. It had been first mentioned in a speech by then-President Lyndon Johnson ...
For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books. At the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, ...
During the height of the Cold War, the United States built a plane so fast and so advanced that even today, decades later, no one has broken its records. This incredible aircraft was the Lockheed ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite the pain in getting the Blackbird into the air, once it was, it set world records. It remains the world’s fastest, highest-flying air-breathing aircraft. In ...