Then a full-scale model of the Blackbird was hoisted on ... But today, we salute the SR-71 Blackbird.

The Blackbird was the first aircraft to feature ... well as for crew training and proficiency until October 1997. This SR-71 model is available from AirModels. Click here to buy yours.

Lockheed’s SR-71, known informally as the Blackbird, first took flight in the ... with its smaller radar cross-section, served as the model for the SR-71's design. However, the SR-71 was heavier ...

Called the SR-71—SR for Strategic Reconnaissance ... The improvements were radar-tested using a full-scale model of the Blackbird. The results were definitive; although the Blackbird was ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, the most impressive plane ever ... We took more than 250,000 pressure readings on a quarter-scale model. We knew nacelle air leakage would cause high drag, so an actual ...

Their aircrews in fact were the only one certified in Blackbird’s specific radio ... were the only ones qualified to refuel the SR-71. The Q-model tankers had special plumbing between their ...

Meet the Czinger 21C Blackbird Edition, named after the legendary Lockheed SR-71. Watch the Czinger 21C ... as well as materials like carbon fiber. Every 21C model features an inline seating ...

A veteran U.S. Air Force pilot and volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., has given us a small glimpse of what it was like to fly the SR-71 Blackbird. Adelbert “Buz ...

With design inspiration from the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, Czinger has upped the ... brand publicly relying on this additive production model, though Czinger said a half dozen other brands are ...

“Faster than a speeding bullet” may bring to mind a certain superhero from the planet Krypton, but it was literally true of the SR-71 Blackbird, the sleek, stealthy Air Force spy plane taken ...