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

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why producing thousand gallons of JP-7 fuel used in the SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ Spy Plane caused a nationwide shortage of Flit insecticide

Linda Sheffield Miller

“We could have gone faster.” SR-71 Blackbird crew members recall the Unstart that prevented them to go Faster than Mach 3.2 during the Absolute Speed Record run

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

“We could have gone faster.” SR-71 Blackbird crew members recall the Inlet Unstart that prevented them to go Faster than Mach 3.2 during the Absolute Speed Record run

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of the "Secret" Party He and other Habu Crews had with Victor Pugachev and other Soviet Su-27 Pilots at Paris Air Show 1989

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

That time SR-71 Blackbird crews had a “Secret” Party with Victor Pugachev and other Soviet Su-27 Pilots

Dario Leone

Did you know the SR-71 cockpit glass was made of 1.25-inch thick solid quartz? 9 amazing facts about the legendary Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know the SR-71 cockpit glass was made of 1.25-inch thick solid quartz? 9 amazing facts about the legendary Blackbird

Dario Leone

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

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

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

These photos show the family resemblance between Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and Top Gun: Maverick Darkstar

Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

These photos show the family resemblance between Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and Top Gun: Maverick Darkstar

Dario Leone

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

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his Blackbird flew So Fast that He and his RSO arrived at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Left Kadena AB

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

‘The SR-71 could attain Mach 3.5 but at that speed serious damage to the aircraft might occur,’ former Blackbird Pilot says

Dario Leone

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