The SR-71 Blackbird is arguably one of ... With the afterburner engaged, the Blackbird broke an absolute speed record of 2,193 mph, faster than Mach 3. This was made possible by the two Pratt ...

Throughout its nearly 24-year career, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3-strategic ... to 733 feet and set the first recognized speed record—25.6 mph. Seventy years later, USAF officials ...

The SR-71 Blackbird remains an aviation icon ... How Fast Was the SR-71 The top speed of the SR-71 remains a point of debate. The J58 engine was highly capable, but its performance was temperature ...

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

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is widely ... That may not even be its true top speed: Another Blackbird pilot claimed to hit Mach 3.5 (or nearly 2,700 mph) in April of 1986. Regardless of the ...

Back in 1976, one of America's SR-71 Blackbird spy planes shot through the sky at speeds of Mach 3.3. That's 2,193.2 mph or 3,529.6 kph, numbers that back then marked an absolute speed record for ...

The black paint job, designed to dissipate heat, earned it the nickname Blackbird ... SR-71 set the records it still holds: flying at a sustained altitude of 85,069 feet, and reaching a top speed ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-71 Blackbird, one of the fastest aircraft ever built, was powered by revolutionary Pratt & Whitney engines using single-crystal turbine blades to endure extreme heat.

Shot down and burned half to death over Cambodia, he worked his way back to the top of the ... the outrageous SR-71 Blackbird made its final flight in 1999, and many of its speed and altitude ...

The SR-71 Blackbird flew faster than any other production ... unmanned X-51A Waverider project eked out a top speed of Mach 5.1 in a six-minute flight, about half of which took place on scramjet ...

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 ...

The black paint job, designed to dissipate heat, earned it the nickname Blackbird ... SR-71 set the records it still holds: flying at a sustained altitude of 85,069 feet, and reaching a top speed ...