These photos are a testimony to this amazing engineering and manufacturing feat: Cutaway illustrations of the twin cockpit variant of the SR-71. Notice the inlet funnels that increased the air ...

More than 30 years after its retirement from active service, the Lockheed SR-71’s hold on our imagination is still as powerful as ever. A large, matte-black, arrowhead-shaped airplane ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is, without a doubt, the most advanced airplane ever built in relation to the technology available at the time. It broke all aviation records, it flew incredible missions ...

The B-71 Plan: Why the SR-71 Wasn't Converted into a Bomber The B-71 Plan Failed: The SR-71 Blackbird was never hit or damaged by enemy fire. It eluded an estimated 4,000 surface-to-air missiles ...

Is the SR-71 still the fastest plane ever in service? This question captivates aviation enthusiasts and historians alike because the aircraft flew three times the speed of sound and remained ...

Called the SR-71—SR for Strategic Reconnaissance—it first flew on December 22, 1964, piloted by Robert “Bob” Gilliland, a Lockheed test pilot. According to the National Museum of the U.S ...

The Lockheed SR-71, designed in secrecy in the late 1950s, was able to cruise near the edge of space and outfly a missile. To this day, it holds the records for the highest altitude in horizontal ...

Some corporate airplanes can fly up to 51,000 feet. The Concorde flew up to 60,000 feet, and the all-time high flier was the SR-71 which could go over 80,000 feet. Some experimental airplanes flew ...

the iconic Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird, remains one of the fastest planes ever flown operationally. When the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was built, its designer Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson already ...

The whole SR-71 air show affair looked like something of a fish out of water, an aircraft trying to show what it can do on someone else's terms and this is what made it so damn thrilling. 1999 was ...

The SR-71 was designed as a replacement for the legendary U-2 Spy Plane.The Blackbird was designed at a time when the Cold War was heating up. Situational awareness and the ability to fly over the ...

The Lockheed SR-71, designed in secrecy in the late 1950s, was able to cruise near the edge of space and outfly a missile. To this day, it holds the records for the highest altitude in horizontal ...