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SR-71 RSO tells the story behind this video of a Blackbird creating ’13 Fireballs’ during Air Fete Air Show 1986 at RAF Mildenhall

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

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he and his RSO were able to save their Blackbird after it had an engine explosion above 60,000 feet and Mach 2.5

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Former Blackbird pilot tells the story of one of only two successful SR-71 Barrier Engagements

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

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when He and his RSO were almost forced to ditch their Blackbird Mach 3 Spy Plane after an Engine Fire

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

Dario Leone

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 Leaked Fuel (and why some Blackbird Spy Planes donated to Museums still Leak JP7)

Linda Sheffield Miller

Did you know the SR-71 Blackbird pilots Survival Kit included a very rare Aluminum Gun (the Gun was made in Aluminum to keep it Lightweight)?

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Did you know 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

Former SR-71 Pilot and now Reverend recalls when his Blackbird had a double-engine flame-out at Mach 3. He was able to Restart the Engines after it Fell for 25,000 Feet.

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

Former SR-71 Pilot and now Reverend recalls when his Blackbird had a Double-Engine Flame-Out at Mach 3. He was able to Restart the Engines after it Fell for 25,000 Feet.

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

SR-71 Pilot tells the story of when his Blackbird flew So Fast that He and his RSO Landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Took Off from Kadena AB

Linda Sheffield Miller

Air traffic controller tells the story of when he asked for vertical separation to an SR-71 Blackbird crew in conflicting route with a Concorde Supersonic Airliner

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

Air traffic controller tells the story of when he asked for vertical separation to an SR-71 Blackbird crew in conflicting route with a Concorde Supersonic Airliner

Dario Leone

Project Blue Book and the story of how UFO sightings were used to cover high altitude U-2 flights

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

That time a Taiwanese U-2 pilot flamed out at 70,000 feet over the Rocky Mountains and glided to a rough night landing at a remote airport in Colorado

Dario Leone

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 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

Linda Sheffield Miller

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 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

U-2 Spy plane connects five F-35s and an F-22 under Project Hydra to provide real-time 5th Generation data to operators on the ground

Military Aviation

U-2 Spy plane connects five F-35s and an F-22 under Project Hydra to provide real-time 5th Generation data to operators on the ground

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

Impressive video features controlled fire as seen from U-2 Spy Plane’s camera at 70,000 feet

Military Aviation

Impressive video features controlled fire as seen from U-2 Spy Plane’s camera at 70,000 feet

Gabriele Barison

China complains over doubtful USAF U-2 Spy Plane flight that entered its Naval Exercise Area

Military Aviation

China complains over doubtful USAF U-2 Spy Plane flight that entered its Naval Exercise Area

Dario Leone

Kamikaze Soviet-Style: the unknown Story of the Su-9 Pilot who was ordered to ram Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 Spy Plane

Cold War Era / Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation

Kamikaze Soviet-Style: the unknown Story of the Su-9 Pilot who was ordered to ram Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 Spy Plane

Dario Leone

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