Hey Geeks! Here you can read all SR-71 Blackbird stories published on The Aviation Geek Club site.
A problem of flying at Mach 3+ was that at the time when the SR-71 was devised no sealant would… Read More
‘We took off from Beale at 11:00 AM and arrived at Kadena at 9:00AM, two hours before we took off from Beale,… Read More
“‘Center, Aspen 20, you got a ground speed readout for us?’ There was a longer than normal pause … ‘Aspen,… Read More
‘The next pass was different. I said to Jim that our F-15 jockeys are the best in the world, let’s… Read More
Although no SR-71 was ever shot down, Blackbird’s pilots and RSOs had a survival kit fitted with several non-traditional items.… Read More
The SR-71 Blackbird smart valve supplied only the hottest fuel to the engines and sent cooler fuel to retracted landing… Read More
‘Everything about the A-12 Oxcart program was dark alley, cloak and dagger. Even the way they financed the operation was… Read More
How close did a Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane ever come to being shot down? The iconic SR-71 Blackbird spy… Read More
As the Blackbird entered the hangar, it encountered water on the ground, which had mixed with the SR-71’s specialized JP-7… Read More
One of the latest known ideas for creating an interceptor variant of the Blackbird was the `SR-71 I', proposed by… Read More
In 1976 Ben Rich of the Lockheed Skunk Works delivered a paper that briefly described the `Bx', a straightforward modification… Read More
“If they hadn’t had the unstart when they were going through the gate, the record speed would’ve been higher. Their… Read More
‘I was controlling a westbound Concorde just entering my airspace when I received details of an SR-71 coming eastbound on… Read More
‘We had the specks lab tested, and they turned out to be organic material—insects that had been injected into the… Read More
The SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane could be refueled by standard Stratotankers in the event KC-135Qs were not available.… Read More
The SR-71 was nicknamed the “Lead Sled” by a few people after Jerry O’Malley (pilot) and Ed Payne (RSO) dropped… Read More
‘Since the U-2 guys were so proud that they had taken "Oscar" flying in the "Dragon Lady," we put a… Read More