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

This incredible aircraft was the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. First taking to the skies ... In total, 32 Blackbirds were built, and while 12 were lost, none were shot down in combat.

Of the total of 32 Blackbirds built, 12 were lost ... Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles Airport. Even ...

The SR-71 is an American supersonic Cold-War-era jet that was also called the Blackbird. It earned this ... several of the ones not lost to crashes are still proudly displayed in museums around ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F ... developing tactical plans, finding lost ships, and monitoring key events—if there was ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the United States' most ... final flight of the aircraft housed at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. Lt. Col. Joseph Vida flew the plane from Los Angeles to ...

Relevant articles: – Setting Records with the SR-71 Blackbird, National Air and Space Museum, Jul 28, 2016 – 71 Blackbird: An Engineering Headache of Supersonic Speed – USC Viterbi School of ...

However, no SR-71 was ever taken out by enemy fire. In an interview with Air and Space Magazine in 2014, Blackbird RSO Major Jerry Crew recounted the moment a Blackbird airframe was targeted by ...

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 ...

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson will be celebrating the legacy of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The public is invited to Operation: Blackbird Celebration on Oct. 14 and 15 at ...

No Blackbird was ever lost ... get an SR-71 into the air. “It took an army of people to prepare the aircraft. A Blackbird operational mission essentially had a countdown, like a space mission ...