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Here’s why the SR-71 inlets had to be labeled “L” and “R” and why the Blackbird had engine and afterburner fuel control cable pulleys

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

Here’s why the SR-71 inlets had to be labeled “L” and “R” and why the Blackbird had engine and afterburner fuel control cable pulleys

Linda Sheffield Miller

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Ball Unveils Sled Driver Watch Honoring Legendary SR-71 Blackbird pilot Brian Shul

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

SR-71 pilot Brian Shul, famous for his ground speed check story, passed away while giving a speech about the Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Pilot explains why the only SAM that had a chance to hit the Blackbird was a Nuclear S-300 fired ahead of the Habu

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Pilot explains why the only SAM that had a chance to hit the Blackbird was a Nuclear S-300 fired ahead of the Habu

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when he accelerated his Habu at Mach 3.2 and denied an F-15 pilot an “easy," simulated kill against its Blackbird during a training sortie

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot explains why the F-15 radar couldn’t see the Blackbird during Eagle Bait sorties

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story of when a KC-135Q crew flew through a thunderstorm with their tanker’s throttles frozen to refuel its Blackbird

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

Habu Pilot reveals why the Blackbird had to refuel after takeoff (it’s not because the SR-71 leaked fuel)

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Blackbird Pilot recalls When He Buzzed the Tower of Sacramento Airport with the Afterburners Lit

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 Blackbird Pilot recalls When He Buzzed the Tower of Sacramento Airport with the Afterburners Lit

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of the SR-71 Blackbird that pitched up and collided with a KC-135Q tanker during an air refueling over El Paso

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

When the SR-71 was getting low on gas, its crew members pressure suits started to warm up. So aboard the Blackbird the fuel was used as a heat sink. Here’s how.

Linda Sheffield Miller

Blackbird Pilot explains why the SR-71 had to refuel right after takeoff (and it’s not because it leaked fuel)

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

Did you know the SR-71 had to Light one Afterburner during Aerial Refueling? Blackbird Pilot explains why

Dario Leone

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

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Here’s why SR-71A #61-7959 was the only Blackbird to feature a special “Big Tail”

Linda Sheffield Miller

Last of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the CIA legendary Oxcart program passed away

Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Last of only six pilots to fly the A-12 for the CIA legendary Oxcart program passed away

Linda Sheffield Miller

The story of Marta Bohn-Meyer, the only woman to fly in the SR-71 Blackbird as a crewmember

Aviation History / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The story of Marta Bohn-Meyer, the only woman to fly in the SR-71 Blackbird as a crewmember

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and why were Changed after 10 Takeoffs

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

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird Tires were Silver and why were Changed after 10 Takeoffs

Linda Sheffield Miller

Did you know the solid quartz glass of the canopy of the SR-71 Blackbird cockpit was 1.25 inches thick and was hot to the touch from the inside?

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

Did you know the solid quartz glass of the canopy of the SR-71 Blackbird cockpit was 1.25 inches thick and was hot to the touch from the inside?

Linda Sheffield Miller

Ghosts of Groom Lake: the story of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Ghosts of Groom Lake: the story of the F-101 Voodoo aircraft tasked to support the then top-secret A-12 program test flights at Area 51

Dario Leone

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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 crew members tell the story of when a Blackbird did ’13 Fireballs’ during an air show and explain why Triethylborane was used to ignite JP-7 for engine start and to light the afterburner section

Linda Sheffield Miller

Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

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

Did you know? To keep the A-12 project secret CIA stored in boxes Oxcart spy planes and moved them from Skunk Works production site to Area 51

Linda Sheffield Miller

Here’s why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the SR-71 (and why Soviets never developed their own Blackbird)

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

Here’s why Soviets never developed their own SR-71 and why the MiG-25 Foxbat was never as fast as the Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

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