The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to ...

The Lockheed ... take several days - limiting operations significantly and no doubt putting more pressure on pilots and ...

Meet the SR-71 ‘I’: The Unbuilt Blackbird Designed to Take Down Soviet Air Defenses You have probably heard of the SR-71, also known as the fastest airframe ever to fly the skies in history.

No missile in the world came as close as the North Vietnamese SAM did to catching a Blackbird. The Lockheed SR-71 and its A-12 predecessor derived from the CIA’s 1956 Rainbow Study initiated in ...

When the last SR-71 Blackbird was grounded ... of this design is that Lockheed collaborated for seven years with Aerojet Rocketdyne on figuring out how to use an off-the-shelf turbine that could ...

“The SR-71s taunted and toyed with the MiG-25s sent up to intercept them, scooting up to altitudes the Soviet planes could not reach, and circling leisurely above them or dashing off at speeds ...

Technology has come a long way since the first plane took off. Just before World War ... for a high-speed attempt in the legendary Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. They managed to hit 2,193.2 mph ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is widely known as the fastest plane to ever take to the sky. It set a ground speed record of 2,193.2 mph all the way back in July of 1976.

On this day in aviation history, December 22, 1964, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird made its first flight ... of YF-12A 60-6934 ...

The SR-71 Blackbird flew faster than any ... To achieve those crazy-fast speeds, Lockheed's Skunk Works unit plans to integrate an off-the-shelf, fighter jet turbine with an air-breathing scramjet ...

The makers of the 3D-printed hybrid hypercar are ready to show off their latest ... Meet the Czinger 21C Blackbird Edition, named after the legendary Lockheed SR-71. Watch the Czinger 21C Lap ...

but how many people can say their bling was made from materials that once flew at mach 3.2+ on the famed Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane? Now that’s some provenance. But before you fly off in ...