Homepage The SR-71 Blackbird Crew Members Survival Kit included a very rare Aluminum Gun (the Gun was made in Aluminum to keep it Lightweight)

Kelly Johnson

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The SR-71 Blackbird Crew Members Survival Kit included a very rare Aluminum Gun (the Gun was made in Aluminum to keep it Lightweight)

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aug 27 2023

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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 / SR-71 Blackbird

CIA engineer recalls when specks of insects hoisted from atomic tests in Russia and China were found on an A-12 windshield after an Oxcart mission

Jul 16 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

How the iconic U-2 got its name: Test Pilot Tony LeVier gave Kelly Johnson the finger, Johnson returned giving LeVier the finger and yelled, “U-2”.

Aviation History / Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of How the U-2 got its name: Test Pilot Tony LeVier flipped off Kelly Johnson, Johnson flipped off in return LeVier and yelled, “U-2” [You Too]!

Jul 1 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

“There are programs that we can’t share…yet:” Lockheed Martin celebrates 80 Years of Skunk Works Division

Jun 28 2023

TAGCTeam

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

In the early 1960s Soviet Union sold titanium to the US believing they needed it for Pizza Ovens but instead they used it to build the iconic SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane

Jun 18 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of Buddy Brown, the U-2 pilot that took part to O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of the U-2 pilot that took part in O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

Feb 19 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

The urban legend of the brown bag with $30 million in cash delivered to Kelly Johnson to pay for the first six CIA U-2 spy planes

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The weird story of when Kelly Johnson received a bag with $30 million in cash to pay for the first six CIA U-2 spy planes

Feb 10 2023

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

First man to fly the iconic SR-71 recalls when he flew the Blackbird Inverted and he turned off the Instrumentation so that Kelly Johnson wouldn’t find out

Nov 23 2022

Dario Leone

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

Aug 20 2022

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

Apr 17 2022

Dario Leone

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

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

Apr 17 2022

Linda Sheffield Miller

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The story of Buddy Brown, the U-2 pilot that took part in O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

Nov 17 2021

Linda Sheffield Miller

Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation

The urban legend of the brown bag with $30 million in cash delivered to Kelly Johnson to pay for the first six CIA U-2 spy planes

Oct 10 2021

Linda Sheffield Miller

Civil Aviation / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know the SR-71 Blackbird sonic booms shattered the windows of Kelly Johnson, Zsa Zsa Gabor and President Nixon’s houses?

Jul 11 2021

Dario Leone

Military Aviation

Starfighters’ Black Beauty almost ready for the first flight.

Jan 27 2021

Dario Leone

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Mayday! A detailed description of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 shoot-down

Jul 7 2019

Dario Leone

Here's why, despite its many limitations, pilots loved flying the F-104 Starfighter

Aviation History / Military Aviation

HERE’S WHY, DESPITE HER MANY LIMITATIONS, PILOTS LOVED FLYING THE F-104 STARFIGHTER

Nov 15 2017

Dario Leone

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Kelly Johnson

The SR-71 Blackbird Crew Members Survival Kit included a very rare Aluminum Gun (the Gun was made in Aluminum to keep it Lightweight)

Thanks to our partners

CIA engineer recalls when specks of insects hoisted from atomic tests in Russia and China were found on an A-12 windshield after an Oxcart mission

The story of How the U-2 got its name: Test Pilot Tony LeVier flipped off Kelly Johnson, Johnson flipped off in return LeVier and yelled, “U-2” [You Too]!

“There are programs that we can’t share…yet:” Lockheed Martin celebrates 80 Years of Skunk Works Division

In the early 1960s Soviet Union sold titanium to the US believing they needed it for Pizza Ovens but instead they used it to build the iconic SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3+ spy plane

The story of the U-2 pilot that took part in O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

The weird story of when Kelly Johnson received a bag with $30 million in cash to pay for the first six CIA U-2 spy planes

First man to fly the iconic SR-71 recalls when he flew the Blackbird Inverted and he turned off the Instrumentation so that Kelly Johnson wouldn’t find out

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

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

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

The story of Buddy Brown, the U-2 pilot that took part in O Club parties wearing fake bad teeth to joke about the ozone level effect on U-2 drivers

The urban legend of the brown bag with $30 million in cash delivered to Kelly Johnson to pay for the first six CIA U-2 spy planes

Did you know the SR-71 Blackbird sonic booms shattered the windows of Kelly Johnson, Zsa Zsa Gabor and President Nixon’s houses?

Starfighters’ Black Beauty almost ready for the first flight.

Mayday! A detailed description of Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 shoot-down

HERE’S WHY, DESPITE HER MANY LIMITATIONS, PILOTS LOVED FLYING THE F-104 STARFIGHTER

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