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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

Dario Leone

Nov 23 2022

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Thanks to our partners

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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