However, the Blackbird wasn’t a stealth plane by modern standards—it had ... The Blackbird consumed special JP-8 high-density jet fuel that had such a high combustion temperature, legend ...

Built to outrun missiles and MiGs, the SR-71 Blackbird flew faster, higher, and longer than any jet in history. Discover how this Cold War marvel became the ultimate spy plane—and why it was ...

The Blackbird moniker is a nod to the radar ... heating efficiency to the fuel in advance of its use to propel the jet. The aircraft also required specialized ejection equipment to protect users ...

Faster than a speeding bullet, the retired SR-71 Blackbird can still turn heads ... speed and altitude records for manned air-breathing jet aircraft. The SR-71 regularly flew missions at speeds ...

It was a plane which flew at the edge of space; so high that most other jet engines would seize because ... to fly too high to be shot down. The Blackbird would fly even higher, and at speeds ...

But that doesn’t mean the Blackbird failed as a stealth plane. Indeed, the Mach-3 spy jet helped the Air Force and CIA to appreciate an important truth. Stealth alone can’t protect any plane.

SR-71 Blackbird ... to intercept the jet. Thomas’s interview is full of interesting nuggets, like how the SR-71's Mach 3 speeds, and the resulting air friction, heated the plane's windshield ...

Boeing has finally unveiled a successor to the legendary Blackbird SR-71 spy plane, capable of travelling ... For comparison, a Boeing 747 passenger jet typically reaches cruising speeds of ...

This service ceiling served the Blackbird well, being a reconnaissance aircraft charged with flying ... the cost of flying and maintaining the jet gradually became too high justify, prompting ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is widely known as the fastest plane to ever take to the sky ... Power was provided by two Pratt & Whitney J58 jet engines. At full tilt it could produce up to ...