SR-71 Top Speed

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

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

The backseater later indicated slow speed of 155 knots, pilot saw 152 knots or 175 mph. The SR-71 at that… Read More

1 month ago

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

‘At some point in the evening, the F-111 guys began to press me, in a good-natured way, for classified information… Read More

2 months ago

‘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.

Today there are many rumors about just how fast the SR-71 could go. The speed limit for the Blackbird ironically… Read More

5 months ago

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

‘Try that in any aircraft other than the SR-71. Besides this is actually a true story,’ David Peters, SR-71 Blackbird… Read More

5 months ago

“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

‘Al and I had the ACTUAL speed record. 2200 indicated in our equipment aboard 958! Theirs.... 2193....NAH!,’ Lt. Col. George… Read More

8 months ago

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

The interesting pictures in this post feature the family resemblance between Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and Top Gun: Maverick’s SR-72 Darkstar… Read More

10 months ago

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

‘Don and I, as well as many other crewmembers, had flown numerous ‘Tomcat Chase’ and ‘Eagle Bait’ sorties against our… Read More

11 months ago

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

When talking about SR-71 probably the most frequently asked Blackbird question is-how fast does it really fly? The SR-71, the… Read More

12 months ago

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

‘I am really tired of hearing the “LA speed story” so I thought I would relay a mission that gives… Read More

1 year ago

The Fastest known Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

When talking about the Lockheed Blackbird family probably the most frequently asked Blackbird question is-how how fast does it really… Read More

1 year ago

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

‘In the phone debrief after the mission, the F-15 flight lead reported "four shots and four kills" on the first… Read More

1 year ago

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

The MiG-25 (NATO reporting name “Foxbat”) could outrun any fighter in the air, and indeed any military aircraft other than… Read More

1 year ago

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

When talking about the “Blackbird family” probably the most frequently asked Blackbird question is-how high and how fast does it… Read More

1 year ago

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

The SR-71 Blackbird made the trans-Atlantic flight to be featured in the Farnborough Air Show as a static display. This… Read More

2 years ago

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

‘My excitement in flying the highest and fastest plane ever was mixed with some sadness on this day because it… Read More

2 years ago

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

‘I looked out the left window and saw a French Mirage III sitting ten feet off my left wing. He… Read More

2 years ago

Did you know that NASA YF-12C was actually an SR-71 with a bogus A-12 tail number?

The so-called YF-12C was SR-71A 61-7951, modified with YF-12A inlets and engines and a bogus tail number 06937 belonging to… Read More

2 years ago
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