Finally, the SR-71 did its job and outran the enemy bogeys. Later, the flight camera recording showed there were actually two incoming SAMs that could have shot down the Blackbird, so this was a ...

The A-12 mounted a single high-resolution camera that recorded a ... handle the strategic missions that the SR-71 was supposed to perform. And the Blackbird, which relied on 1960s technology ...

The tracking camera was insurance against any accusations ... and Legends; Flying the SR-71 Blackbird; and the commentary for the SR-71 Flight Manual.

Before there were camera-equipped satellites ... Source: Lockheed Martin That's where the SR-71 Blackbird came in, a supersonic spy plane with emphasis on speed and stealth.

The sleek and sinister SR-71 Blackbird looks like it belongs in a ... The A-12 mounted a single high-resolution camera that recorded a broad swath of terrain directly underneath the aircraft.

The SR-71 Blackbird is, without a doubt ... Since moving behind the camera in 1982, he created some of the most enduring images in aviation history. The Spotlight photo this week is Denny ...

SR-71 pilot Brian Shul chats with New ... of fuel from refueling spillage I ended up flying the Blackbird for four years, I carried a camera – photography was my big passion – and I ended ...

So when I walked into the hangar I was stunned to see the sleekest, blackest flying machine ever, the SR-71 Blackbird ... Of course I had my camera in hand and ready. "Sir, no photography is ...

“Faster than a speeding bullet” may bring to mind a certain superhero from the planet Krypton, but it was literally true of the SR-71 Blackbird, the sleek, stealthy Air Force spy plane taken ...

A veteran U.S. Air Force pilot and volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., has given us a small glimpse of what it was like to fly the SR-71 Blackbird. Adelbert “Buz ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! You could argue it's both. The SR-71 is an American supersonic Cold-War-era jet that was also called the Blackbird. It earned this name from its special matte-black ...

Former SR-71 pilot Brian Shul recounted a 1986 mission over Libya where he pushed the Blackbird beyond its speed limits, exceeding Mach 3.2 in his book "Sled Driver." While some Blackbirds went ...