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SR-71 pilot tells why Blackbird crews had to hanging and jumping down from the chine to get out of the plane when the SR-71 landed in emergency

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

SR-71 pilot tells why Blackbird crews had to hanging and jumping down from the chine to get out of the plane when the SR-71 landed in emergency

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 RSO recalls when USAF Chief of Staff warned Lockheed that trying to avoid SR-71 retirement would hurt chances to win the F-22 contract (and tells true story behind Blackbird retirement)

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

“Avoiding SR-71 retirement would hurt Lockheed chances to win F-22 contract:” Blackbird RSO tells true story behind SR-71 retirement

Linda Sheffield Miller

Blackbird RSO recalls when after a mission flown the day of Chernobyl Disaster his Blackbird could not taxy into the hangar until he, his pilot and their SR-71 were checked with a Geiger counter

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Blackbird RSO recalls when after a mission flown the day of Chernobyl Disaster his SR-71 could not taxy into the hangar until he, his pilot and their aircraft were checked with a Geiger counter

Dario Leone

In 1970s NASA was not allowed to have any SR-71s, yet they received one and they passed it off as YF-12C (with a bogus A-12 tail number)

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

In 1970s NASA couldn’t have any SR-71s, yet they received one and they passed it off as YF-12C (with a bogus A-12 tail number)

Linda Sheffield Miller

Blackbird pilot explains why the SR-71 limiting speed was Mach 3.55

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

SR-71 spy planes could go faster than Mach 3.4 For BDA flights of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon. Here’s why.

Linda Sheffield Miller

Before the SR-71 maiden flight the RSO cockpit had to be rearranged or the USAF would not buy the Blackbird. Here’s why.

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Before the SR-71 maiden flight the RSO cockpit had to be rearranged or the USAF would not buy the Blackbird. Here’s why.

Linda Sheffield Miller

Habu Pilot recalls the SR-71 mission he flew in the “denied area” where Soviets were test firing the then new SA-5 ‘Gammon’ SAM

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The “deception jammer:” the unique SR-71 ECM that ensured nothing could lock on and shoot down the Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 Pilot tells 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

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

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 RSO recalls when his Blackbird had to divert to South Korea after Photographing all of the SA-2 SAM Sites in North Korea in One Mission

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

More than 5 hours above Mach 3.0: SR-71 pilot recalls 11.13 hours mission during the Yom Kippur War

Linda Sheffield Miller

Author of SR-71 most stolen photo tells how he got the shot of the ultimate Blackbird super-low knife edge pass

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

SR-71 pilot recalls a Blackbird buzzing Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp after protest women threw paint on that very same SR-71

Linda Sheffield Miller

SR-71 pilot tells the story behind this unique photo of a Blackbird flying with just one engine in full afterburner

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

SR-71 flying with just one engine in full afterburner: Blackbird pilot tells the story of a unique Habu photo

Linda Sheffield Miller

Blackbird pilot tells why the SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.55 so long as 427C weren’t exceeded

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

SR-71 pilot recalls his Blackbird flying so fast that landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before Taking off from Kadena AB

Linda Sheffield Miller

When a Corsair II and a Blackbird played on the same footing: A-7E pilot recalls doing Touch and Go’s with an SR-71

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

When a Corsair II and a Blackbird played on the same footing: A-7E pilot recalls doing Touch and Go’s with an SR-71

Dario Leone

Habu Pilot recalls the SR-71 mission he flew in the “denied area” where Soviets were test firing the then new SA-5 ‘Gammon’ SAM

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Habu Pilot recalls the SR-71 mission he flew in the “denied area” where Soviets were test firing the then new SA-5 ‘Gammon’ SAM

Dario Leone

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The Most Secret Program ever developed by Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird: the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl

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

The Most Secret Program ever developed by Lockheed Skunk Works was not the SR-71 Blackbird: the D-21 Drone and project Senior Bowl

Linda Sheffield Miller

The little Dents on the SR-71 Nose that prevented SAMs from Scoring any Hit on the Blackbird

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

The little Dents on the SR-71 Nose that prevented SAMs from Scoring any Hit on the Blackbird

Linda Sheffield Miller

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

Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird

Blackbird RSO recalls when a KC-135Q flew unprotected into Northern Laos to save his SR-71 after it had a Double-Engine Flameout

Linda Sheffield Miller

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