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The Most Secret Program ever developed by Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird: the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl
Lockheed D-21
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The Most Secret Program ever developed by Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird: the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Jan 20 2026
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The RCS of an Eagle’s Eyeball: the F-117 Nighthawk was one thousand times less visible than the D-21, the least visible shape previously produced at Lockheed’s Skunk Works
Nov 20 2025
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Drones / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The Tupolev Voron: the Soviet copy of the Lockheed D-21
Mar 21 2025
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Mortons Books
Cold War Era / Military Aviation
The D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl: i.e. the SR-71 Blackbird was not the Most Secret Program ever developed by famed Lockheed Skunk Works
Aug 16 2024
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
With an RCS of an Eagle’s Eyeball the F-117 Nighthawk was one thousand times less visible than the D-21, the least visible shape previously produced at Lockheed’s Skunk Works
Nov 19 2023
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Before the D-21 the A-12 had to be used as carrier for the Starfighter. The story of the M-21/QF-104 that never was.
Jun 21 2023
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Mortons Books
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
The Most Secret Program ever developed by famed Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird, but the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl
Jan 15 2023
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Did you know that with an RCS of an Eagle’s Eyeball the F-117 Nighthawk was one thousand times less visible than the D-21, the least visible shape previously produced at Lockheed’s Skunk Works?
Nov 17 2022
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
Tagboard Flyers: the story of the B-52 bombers that carried the D-21 Mach 3 ramjet-powered reconnaissance drones
Sep 30 2022
By
Dario Leone
Sponsored by:
Osprey Publishing
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Did you know the SR-71 cockpit glass was made of 1.25-inch thick solid quartz? 9 amazing facts about the legendary Blackbird
Jul 10 2022
By
Dario Leone
Cold War Era / Drones / Military Aviation
The story of the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl, the Most Secret Program ever developed by the famed Lockheed Skunk Works
Jan 16 2022
By
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird
Impressive photo shows disassembled M-21 Blackbird being transported to the Museum of Flight in Seattle
Jun 27 2021
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation
THE TOP SECRET D-21, THE HIGH-SPEED, HIGH-ALTITUDE SPY DRONE AIR LAUNCHED FROM THE BACK OF A MACH 3 A-12 AIRCRAFT
Feb 8 2018
By
Dario Leone
Aviation History / Military Aviation
NOSE ART CELEBRATES LOCKHEED D-21 MACH 3 DRONE 50th ANNIVERSARY
Oct 26 2017
By
Dario Leone
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