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Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Last of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the CIA legendary Oxcart program passed away

Mar 31 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of Marta Bohn-Meyer, the only woman to fly in the SR-71 Blackbird as a crewmember

Mar 29 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and why were Changed after 10 Takeoffs

Mar 25 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Did you know the solid quartz glass of the canopy of the SR-71 Blackbird cockpit was 1.25 inches thick and was hot to the touch from the inside?

Mar 18 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Ghosts of Groom Lake: the story of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51

Mar 15 2023

Dario Leone

SR-71 crew members tell the story of when a Blackbird did ’13 Fireballs’ during an air show and explain why Triethylborane was used to ignite JP-7 for engine start and to light the afterburner section

Mar 12 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

Mar 5 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the SR-71 (and why Soviets never developed their own Blackbird)

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

Here’s why Soviets never developed their own SR-71 and why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the Blackbird

Feb 26 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Here’s What’s Probably the Slowest Speed Ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Feb 19 2023

Dario Leone

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

The story of the former SR-71 Blackbird pilot who became the first NATO serviceman to fly a Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber

Feb 16 2023

Dario Leone

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when he revealed Blackbird’s True Top Speed

Feb 12 2023

Dario Leone

Here’s how two little Dents placed on the Nose of the SR-71 prevented Surface-to-air Missiles from Scoring any Hit on the Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Two little Dents placed on the Nose of the Blackbird prevented Surface-to-air Missiles from Scoring any Hit on the SR-71. Here’s how.

Feb 5 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Blackbird Vs Oxcart: the story of project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the SR-71 and the A-12 and why the Blackbird was chosen over the Oxcart

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

SR-71 Vs A-12: project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the Blackbird and the Oxcart and why the SR-71 was chosen over the A-12

Jan 29 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here are the materials you should use instead of titanium to build a Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane today

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

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane’s titanium parts made in summer corroded while those made in winter didn’t

Jan 22 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

F-14 RIO who visited the Blackbird's Roost at Beale AFB tells the story of two memorable SR-71 takeoffs... And that of his Tomcat's unrestricted climb

Cold War Era / F-14 Tomcat / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Tomcat RIO tells the story of when he and his Pilot flew to Beale AFB in their F-14 to discuss “operational matters” with SR-71 Blackbird crews

Jan 15 2023

Dario Leone

The Most Secret Program ever developed by famed Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird, but the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl

Jan 15 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

These unique SR-71 Blackbird Cockpit photos show why no cockpit demands as much intense focus as a Habu’s

Jan 8 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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SR-71 Blackbird

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Last of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the CIA legendary Oxcart program passed away

The story of Marta Bohn-Meyer, the only woman to fly in the SR-71 Blackbird as a crewmember

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and why were Changed after 10 Takeoffs

Did you know the solid quartz glass of the canopy of the SR-71 Blackbird cockpit was 1.25 inches thick and was hot to the touch from the inside?

Ghosts of Groom Lake: the story of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51

SR-71 crew members tell the story of when a Blackbird did ’13 Fireballs’ during an air show and explain why Triethylborane was used to ignite JP-7 for engine start and to light the afterburner section

Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

Here’s why Soviets never developed their own SR-71 and why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the Blackbird

Here’s What’s Probably the Slowest Speed Ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

The story of the former SR-71 Blackbird pilot who became the first NATO serviceman to fly a Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire long-range bomber

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when he revealed Blackbird’s True Top Speed

Two little Dents placed on the Nose of the Blackbird prevented Surface-to-air Missiles from Scoring any Hit on the SR-71. Here’s how.

SR-71 Vs A-12: project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the Blackbird and the Oxcart and why the SR-71 was chosen over the A-12

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane’s titanium parts made in summer corroded while those made in winter didn’t

Tomcat RIO tells the story of when he and his Pilot flew to Beale AFB in their F-14 to discuss “operational matters” with SR-71 Blackbird crews

The Most Secret Program ever developed by famed Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird, but the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl

These unique SR-71 Blackbird Cockpit photos show why no cockpit demands as much intense focus as a Habu’s

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