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Blackbird Vs Oxcart: the story of project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the SR-71 and the A-12 and why the Blackbird was chosen over the Oxcart

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

SR-71 Vs A-12: project Nice Girl, the recon fly off between the Blackbird and the Oxcart and why the SR-71 was chosen over the A-12

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Sec. of Defense McNamara canceled the YF-12 Blackbird program to fund the F-106X Mach 5 Interceptor. Then he canceled the F-106X program too.

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

Sec. of Defense McNamara canceled the YF-12 Blackbird program to fund the F-106X Mach 5 Interceptor. Then he canceled the F-106X program too.

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

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

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the first stealth aircraft

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

Here’s why the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart was the first stealth aircraft

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here are the materials you should use instead of titanium to build a Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane today

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 spy plane’s titanium parts made in summer corroded while those made in winter didn’t? Here’s why.

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

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

General Curtis LeMay wanted a bomber variant of the A-12 but the SR-71 Blackbird was developed instead

Linda Sheffield Miller

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The A-12 program was so secret that CIA injected with sodium pentothal the first pilot that bailed out of an Oxcart to interrogate him after the crash

Dario Leone

The list of the fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The list of the fastest and the highest known flights ever recorded by the Lockheed Blackbird family

Dario Leone

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson described the first flight of the top secret A-12 Oxcart as “horrible to watch.” Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson described the first flight of the top secret A-12 Oxcart as “horrible to watch.” Here’s why.

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)

Dario Leone

The True Fastest Speed Ever Reached by a Lockheed Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The True Fastest Speed Ever Reached by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

Interesting Video Explains how SR-71’s J58 Turbo-Ramjet Engine Works

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Interesting Video Explains how SR-71’s J58 Turbo-Ramjet Engine Works

Dario Leone

Bob Gilliland, the First Man to fly the iconic SR-71, Passes Away

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

Bob Gilliland, the First Man to fly the iconic SR-71, Passes Away

Dario Leone

Here’s why this JQB-47E has three YF-12 Kill Markings

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

Here’s why this JQB-47E has three YF-12 Kill Markings

Dario Leone

How U.S. secretly tested the A-12 RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

How the U.S. secretly tested the A-12 RCS during the Cuban Missile Crisis

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 / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Time to eject! The story of the A-12 pilot that bailed out safely from his Oxcart after it went into a flat inverted spin

Dario Leone

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