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That time an SR-71 deployed Ladies Underwear (along with the drag chute) upon landing to adjust the attitude of a new Blackbird pilot

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

That time an SR-71 deployed Ladies Underwear (along with the drag chute) upon landing to adjust the attitude of a new Blackbird pilot

Linda Sheffield Miller

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That time an RA-5C pilot jokingly said the Vigilante was aimed to replace the SR-71 Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation

That time an RA-5C pilot jokingly said the Vigilante was aimed to replace the SR-71 Blackbird

Dario Leone

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SR-71 Aircrew remembers a Memorable Encounter with a Soviet MiG-31 Interceptor over the Barents Sea

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot tells the story of a tense mission over the Barents Sea where he spotted a Soviet MiG-31 scrambled to intercept his Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

Sponsored by: Osprey Publishing

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The slowest speed ever recorded by a Lockheed Blackbird

Dario Leone

The SR-71 crew that ejected and was whisked away to mayor’s house while USAF frantically looked for them

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

The SR-71 crew that ejected and was whisked away to mayor’s house while USAF frantically looked for them

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 / 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 secret life of SR-71 #755: the first Blackbird to use the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System to photograph Soviet Submarines

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The secret life of SR-71 #955: the first Blackbird to use the Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System to photograph Soviet Submarines

Linda Sheffield Miller

Robert Powell, the first pilot to clock 1,000 hours in the SR-71 Blackbird, passed away

Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Robert Powell, the first pilot to clock 1,000 hours in the SR-71 Blackbird, passed away

Dario Leone

In collaboration with: Osprey Publishing

Here’s why the SR-71 Blackbird airframe was designed to leak fuel

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

Here’s why the SR-71 Blackbird airframe was designed to leak fuel

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of SR-71A #61-7959, the only “Big Tail” Blackbird in existence

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of SR-71A #61-7959, the only “Big Tail” Blackbird in existence

Linda Sheffield Miller

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight

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 / 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

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO set four speed records flying from L.A. to D.C. in less than 65 minutes during their final flight in the Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO set four speed records flying from L.A. to D.C. in less than 65 minutes during their final flight in the Blackbird

Dario Leone

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird crew that ‘gave the birdie’ to a French Air Force Mirage III pilot, lit the afterburners and outran him

Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird crew that ‘gave the birdie’ to a French Air Force Mirage III pilot, lit the afterburners and outran him

Dario Leone

"NASA 831 do not light your afterburners!” The story of the SR-71B Blackbird that had an almost catastrophic fuel leak on a mission to perform a flyby at EAA Oshkosh

Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

“NASA 831 do not light your afterburners!” The story of the SR-71B Blackbird that had an almost catastrophic fuel leak on a mission to perform a flyby at EAA Oshkosh

Dario Leone

Not a single photo of Concorde flying at Mach 2 exists. Here’s why.

Civil Aviation / Cold War Era

Not a single photo of Concorde flying at Mach 2 exists. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

The SR-71 Astroinertial Navigation System, aka R2-D2, was crucial in Blackbird mission. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The SR-71 Astroinertial Navigation System, aka R2-D2, was crucial in Blackbird mission. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

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