The SR-71 project was headed up by Kelly Johnson, one of the preeminent aircraft designers of the twentieth century, who suggested, “Everything had to be invented. Everything.” The Blackbird ...

Blackbird pilot Colonel James Shelton Jr. recounted how his plane flew an epic 11.5 hour mission to photograph Israeli army positions near the end of the Yom Kippur War.

The record-setting aircraft is now on display at the Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. SR-71 Blackbird on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's ...

The Blackbird was created for long-range, strategic reconnaissance (hence the SR in the name), succeeding the U-2 spy plane ... at the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah, or see one ...

the plane is preparing to move indoors this fall to star in a new “Speed” exhibit at the Science Museum of Virginia. The SR-71 Blackbird reached a record speed of 2,193 mph and flew at ...

Blackbird number 972 ... at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia. Standing before the aircraft, it’s not hard to understand the feelings ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is the genesis of stealth ... paneling that absorb radio waves that hit the aircraft. The SR-71 on display in the museum’s Cold War Gallery made the first operational SR ...

The airplane used in the movie is now on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum in California ... aircraft has come to Mach 10 is the SR-71 Blackbird designed by Lockheed’s Kelly Johnson ...

Metal from the Blackbird has been used in ... a curator at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. “It was the first airplane where they were trying to reduce the radar ...