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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

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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 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

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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 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

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that slid on JP7 fuel residue while taxing into Kadena Hangar

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

SR-71 pilot, crew chief tell the story of when a Blackbird slid on JP-7 fuel residue while taxing into Kadena Hangar

Dario Leone

Bill Weaver, the SR-71 pilot who bailed out after his Blackbird disintegrated while flying at Mach 3, has just passed away

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

Bill Weaver, the SR-71 pilot who bailed out after his Blackbird disintegrated while flying at Mach 3, has just passed away

Dario Leone

Did you know NASA had to borrow U-2/SR-71 “yellow” Pressure Suits for first space shuttle mission?

Aviation History / Military Aviation / Space

Did you know NASA had to borrow U-2/SR-71 “yellow” Pressure Suits for first space shuttle mission?

Dario Leone

In 1971 an SR-71 crew flew 15,000 miles, in 10 hours 30 minutes non-stop, in full continuous AB to see how many times the Blackbird could refuel before the liquid nitrogen gave out

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

In 1971 an SR-71 crew flew 15,000 miles, in 10 hours 30 minutes non-stop to see how many times the Blackbird could refuel before the liquid nitrogen gave out

Dario Leone

JP-7, the fuel that powered the SR-71 Blackbird caused a nationwide shortage of bug spray. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

JP-7, the fuel that powered the SR-71 Blackbird caused a nationwide shortage of bug spray. Here’s why.

Dario Leone

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