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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

Apr 17 2022

Dario Leone

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

Feb 24 2022

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

The Fastest known Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Jan 25 2022

Dario Leone

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

Nov 7 2021

Dario Leone

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)

Oct 31 2021

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Oct 10 2021

Dario Leone

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

Sep 2 2021

Dario Leone

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

Aug 22 2021

Dario Leone

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

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

Aug 17 2021

Dario Leone

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

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

May 9 2021

Dario Leone

‘Blackbird’s Top Speed was Officially Mach 3.2 but the SR-71 was Much Faster Than That,” former Skunk Works Engineer Says

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

‘We truly felt invincible at Mach 3.15:’ SR-71 pilot tells the story of his BDA flight of Libya in Support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

Apr 15 2020

Dario Leone

Time to eject! A-12 pilot explains how he was able to bail out safely from his Oxcart after it went into a flat inverted spin

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

This Aircraft was Faster than the SR-71 (Look Closely it’s not a Blackbird)

Feb 15 2020

Dario Leone

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

‘Blackbird’s Top Speed was Officially Mach 3.2 but the SR-71 was Much Faster Than That,” former Skunk Works Engineer Says

Oct 25 2019

Dario Leone

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

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SR-71 Top Speed

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

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

The Fastest known Speed ever Recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

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

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

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

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

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

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

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

‘We truly felt invincible at Mach 3.15:’ SR-71 pilot tells the story of his BDA flight of Libya in Support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

This Aircraft was Faster than the SR-71 (Look Closely it’s not a Blackbird)

‘Blackbird’s Top Speed was Officially Mach 3.2 but the SR-71 was Much Faster Than That,” former Skunk Works Engineer Says

Video shows SR-71 Blackbird Last Flight (at a speed of Mach 3.2!)

That time a Blackbird pilot revealed SR-71’s True Top Speed

This SR-71 Blackbird crew set the Absolute Speed Record that still stands today

SR-71 BLACKBIRD PILOT TELLS THE STORY BEHIND HIS FAMED GROUND SPEED CHECK

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