SR-71

SR-71 Near Losses: Blackbird emergency landings in West Germany and Norway

SR-71 Near Losses: Blackbird emergency landings in West Germany and Norway

SR-71 Near Losses An icon of the Cold War, the SR-71 had been in frontline… Read More

18 hours ago

SR-71 flying at Mach 3.2 evading two SA-2 SAMs Over Haiphong: The Phantom Link

SR-71 at Mach 3.2 Over Haiphong Author’s Note: This piece is a dramatized thriller based… Read More

7 days ago

“Above our Mach 3.2 limit:” SR-71 pilot recalls outrunning Gaddafi’s SAMs during BDA flight of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

Blackbird From the shadows of the Cold War emerged an espionage platform that expanded the… Read More

1 week ago

Not designed to go faster than Mach 3.3: SR-71 pilot on Blackbird True Top Speed

The Blackbird The SR-71, unofficially known as the “Blackbird,” was a long-range, Mach 3+, strategic… Read More

2 weeks ago

Returning an SR-71 to flight: why the challenge is not restoring an aircraft but rebuilding a system

The possibility of returning an SR-71 to flight The possibility of returning a Lockheed SR-71… Read More

2 weeks ago

SR-71 pilot recalls flying at Mach 3.4+ over Murmansk (and tells why Blackbird limiting speed was Mach 3.55)

Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft The SR-71, unofficially known as the “Blackbird,” was a long-range,… Read More

2 weeks ago

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

Cutting edge engineering The SR-71 spy plane, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family… Read More

3 weeks ago

YF-12 Blackbird pilot recalls shooting down QB-47 Target Drone

Converting the A-12 into an interceptor In March 1960, even before delivering the first A-12… Read More

3 weeks ago

SR-71 pilot recalls stealing jar with testicles of U-2 pilots’ passed away mascot and flying it at Mach 3+

The SR-71 Blackbird The SR-71 spy plane, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family… Read More

3 weeks ago

NASA Asks Former SR-71 Staffers To Help bring back to fly this Blackbird

NASA to bring back to fly SR-71 Blackbird? 27 years after it was retired, one… Read More

4 weeks ago

1.842 knots on the ground: SR-71 Blackbird pilot recalls famed Speed Check

The Blackbird From the shadows of the Cold War emerged an espionage platform that expanded… Read More

4 weeks ago

SR-71 Pilot recalls Buzzing Tower of Sacramento Airport with Afterburners Lit

The Blackbird family The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included… Read More

4 weeks ago

SR-71 RSO recalls NY ANG almost converting from C-5 to Blackbird to save the SR-71 program

SR-71 One of the most recognizable aircraft in the US Air Force, SR-71s were long-… Read More

1 month ago

SR-71 pilot recalls doing a Blackbird super low pass at a speed of 152 knots

The Blackbird From the shadows of the Cold War emerged an espionage platform that expanded… Read More

1 month ago

“NASA 831 do not light your AB!” EAA AirVenture Oshkosh announcer recalls NASA SR-71B having almost catastrophic fuel leak on mission to do flyby at EAA Oshkosh

NASA Blackbirds During the 1990s two SR-71 Blackbird aircraft were used by NASA as testbeds for high-speed and high-altitude… Read More

2 months ago

Blackbird Pilot recalls Secret Party SR-71 Crews had with Victor Pugachev and other Soviet Su-27 Pilots at Paris Air Show 1989

Det 4 The SR-71, the most advanced member of the Blackbird family that included the… Read More

2 months ago

The A-12CB, the Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane that never was

A-12CB: Blackbird Carrier Based Mach 3 Spy Plane The A-12 reconnaissance aircraft was the product… Read More

2 months ago