A new interview with a retired SR-71 Blackbird pilot describes what it was like to fly the world’s fastest airplane.

Some people live truly extraordinary lives, and US Air Force pilot Brian Shul is certainly one of them. Shot down and burned half to death over Cambodia, he worked his way back to the top of the ...

The air cadet commander there was a former Blackbird pilot, and thought it would be a motivating moment for the young lads to see the mighty SR-71 perform a low approach.

Reaching over Mach 3, the SR-71 Blackbird was a high-altitude, strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Veteran pilot “Buz” Carpenter explains the fastest jet ever.

Not only did SAMs fail to catch the Blackbird, even the the fastest Soviet fighter jets lacked the necessary speed to reach the SR-71. Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko, who defected to Japan in a MiG ...

Full pressure suits for high-altitude aircraft were not new; the U-2 Dragon Lady’s pilots had worn them since the 1950s. But the Blackbird’s far higher speed necessitated a new design.

The pressure suits were needed to pilot the SR-71, which flew to altitudes of 80,000-plus feet — about 16 miles high. He'll also speak about the storied aircraft at Cosmosphere.

It’s hard to think of an aircraft more iconic than the SR-71 Blackbird. Its design has captured imaginations and lingered in the mind well after it was retired.

The incredible story of a lucky SR-71 pilot who survived to a Blackbird disintegration at Mach 3+ Built as a strategic reconnaissance aircraft able to fly ...

A retired Air Force pilot who flew the SR-71 Blackbird recently told the Pensacola News Journal what it was like to fly the legendary aircraft that can cruise at three times the speed of sound.

SR-71 pilots used to say, only half-joking, that unstarts were the Blackbird’s way of punishing them for letting their attention wander to the magnificent view from 80,000 feet.