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US Navy F-4 pilot recalls when his Phantom II radar screen went black because of the high speed of an SR-71 Blackbird he and his RIO tried to intercept while it was exiting Chinese airspace

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

US Navy F-4 pilot recalls when his Phantom II radar screen went black because of the high speed of an SR-71 Blackbird he and his RIO tried to intercept while it was exiting Chinese airspace

Dario Leone

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After an A-12 flight specks of insects hoisted from the atomic test explosions in Russia and China were found on the Oxcart windshield

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

Former USAF Master Sergeant reveals the Fastest Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

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

Dario Leone

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

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

Dario Leone

Former SR-71 Pilot and now Reverend recalls when his Blackbird had a double-engine flame-out at Mach 3. He was able to Restart the Engines after it Fell for 25,000 Feet.

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

‘The SR-71 limiting speed as configured would be about Mach 3.55 so long as you don’t exceed 427C.’ Former Blackbird pilot gives some interesting details about SR-71 top speed.

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

SR-71 pilot recalls that time his Blackbird flew so fast that he and his RSO Landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Took Off from Kadena AB

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

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 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

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

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

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

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 Fastest known Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

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

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

Dario Leone

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

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

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

Linda Sheffield Miller

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

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

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

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

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

Dario Leone

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO set four speed records flying from L.A. to D.C. in less than 65 minutes during their final flight in the Blackbird

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

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO set four speed records flying from L.A. to D.C. in less than 65 minutes during their final flight in the Blackbird

Dario Leone

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