Homepage Once an F-101 pilot tried to race against an SR-71. He gave up when the Blackbird’s RSO asked him how fast his Voodoo could climb above 80,000 feet.

Linda Sheffield Miller

Once an F-101 pilot tried to race against an SR-71. He gave up when the Blackbird’s RSO asked him how fast his Voodoo could climb above 80,000 feet.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Once an F-101 pilot tried to race against an SR-71. He gave up when the Blackbird’s RSO asked him how fast his Voodoo could climb above 80,000 feet.

Linda Sheffield Miller

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SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO were able to save their Blackbird after it had an engine explosion above 60,000 feet and Mach 2.5

Linda Sheffield Miller

Lockheed Martin's Advanced Development Programs division was originally called "Skonk Works." Here’s why it changed the name to “Skunk Works”

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs division was originally called “Skonk Works.” Here’s why it changed the name to “Skunk Works.”

Linda Sheffield Miller

The list of the fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Blackbird pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO flew a 11.13 hours mission involving 6 refuelings and more than five hours above Mach 3.0 during the Yom Kippur War

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird crew that ‘gave the birdie’ to a French Air Force Mirage III pilot, lit the afterburners and outran him

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his RSO Flipped Off a French Air Force Mirage III Pilot (Then They lit their Blackbird’s Afterburners and Outran him)

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Pilot explains how he Survived to his Blackbird Disintegration at a Speed of Mach 3.2

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Pilot explains how he Survived to his Blackbird Disintegration at a Speed of Mach 3.2

Linda Sheffield Miller

Even if it was faster than the Blackbird, the SA-2 SAM was never able to hit the SR-71. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Blackbird RSO tells the story of the first time a SAM was fired at an SR-71 Mach 3+ Spy Plane

Linda Sheffield Miller

Former Blackbird pilot tells the story of one of only two successful SR-71 Barrier Engagements

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when He and his RSO were almost forced to ditch their Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Plane after an Engine Fire

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he accelerated his Habu at Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy," simulated kill against its Blackbird during a training sortie

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Did you know that the SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that the F-15 Eagle radar couldn’t see it?

Linda Sheffield Miller

Blackbird Pilot explains why the SR-71 had to refuel right after takeoff (and it’s not because it leaked fuel)

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Blackbird Pilot explains why the SR-71 had to refuel right after takeoff (and it’s not because it leaked fuel)

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 RSO tells the story of when two Blackbird spy planes Generated Tri-Sonic Booms over Hanoi to signal a POW escape

Linda Sheffield Miller

Did you know that titanium used to build the iconic SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane came from Soviet Union?

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 RSO’s daughter tells the story of when her father became the first USAF officer to eject from a Blackbird Mach 3+ Spy Plane

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the first stealth aircraft

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the first stealth aircraft

Linda Sheffield Miller

Did you know that before the SR-71 maiden flight the cockpit had to be rearranged or the USAF would not buy the Blackbird? Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know that before the SR-71 maiden flight the cockpit had to be rearranged or the USAF would not buy the Blackbird? Here’s why.

Linda Sheffield Miller

That time an SR-71 deployed Ladies Underwear (along with the drag chute) upon landing to adjust the attitude of a new Blackbird pilot

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane that lost the drag chute in-flight at Mach 1.5

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why the SR-71 Blackbird airframe was designed to leak fuel

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why the SR-71 Leaked Fuel (and why some Blackbird Spy Planes donated to Museums still Leak JP7)

Linda Sheffield Miller

Did you know the SR-71 Blackbird pilots Survival Kit included a very rare Aluminum Gun (the Gun was made in Aluminum to keep it Lightweight)?

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know the SR-71 Blackbird Crew Members Survival Kit included a very rare Aluminum Gun (the Gun was made in Aluminum to keep it Lightweight)?

Linda Sheffield Miller

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