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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Blackbird pilot recalls when an SR-71 buzzed Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp after protest women threw paint on that very same Blackbird
Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
At the final SR-71 Crew Reunion, Blackbird pilot revealed why he didn’t push his SR-71 to Mach 3.5 during the last, record flight on Mar. 6 1990 from Los Angeles to Washington DC
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The story behind this photo of an SR-71 afterburner blowing apart during an air show (according to Kelly Johnson this Blackbird was structurally unsound)
Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Robert Powell, the first pilot to clock 1,000 hours in the SR-71 Blackbird, passed away
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Read the Silver Star Recommendation for the SR-71 crew who flew their Blackbird at her fastest speed, at night, carrying an NSA ELINT recorder to collect SA-5 SAM radar signal
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
That time an SR-71 had an inflight emergency while on a secret mission over the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed
This SR-71 Blackbird crew set the Absolute Speed Record that still stands today
Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story of Belmont 86, the SR-71 that made an emergency landing in Norway after spying over Murmansk
Aviation History / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
READ HOW THIS HABU DRIVER SAVED HIS SR-71 FROM CERTAIN DESTRUCTION
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