Nicknamed after an illegitimate child, the SR-71C was, remarkably, two separate SR-71s pieced together. “The forward half of 981 was actually never meant to fly at all,” Bill Walton wrote. “The ...
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Forget the SR-72 Darkstar: The SR-91 Aurora ‘Might’ Have Hit Mach 6
Aurora” has signified a rumored SR-71 successor: a stealthy, manned, hypersonic reconnaissance jet said to cruise above Mach 5 or Mach 6 and 100,000 feet. -The tale leans on a cryptic 1985 budget line ...
The SR-71 Blackbird was the world's fastest jet. Capable of of flying as high as 85,000 feet at Mach 3.3 (2,193.2 mph), the Blackbird was used for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. It ...
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Lieutenant Colonel Ed Yeilding shot ...
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. As Washington and Beijing race to produce the world’s first-ever sixth-generation aircraft, new ...
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