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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

made the Blackbird a difficult target. The military designed this super-jet to take over a number of missions performed by the much slower U-2 reconnaissance plane, which had become increasingly ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

the fuel tanks at Beale Air Force Base that held its JP-7 jet fuel were unusable for any other purpose and were demolished. The Blackbird was America’s first stealthy aircraft. The SR-71 was ...