The famed SR-71 spy plane at the Virginia Aviation Museum got off the ground for the first time in decades to take a practice roll Monday. Still looking futuristic even though it was designed more ...

Workers move an engine housing of the SR-71 Blackbird into the Science Museum of Virginia Tuesday, January 26, 2016. It will later be assembled for an exhibit on speed.

O n this day in aviation history, December 22, 1964, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird made its first flight. A favorite of many ...

The world’s fastest and highest flying production aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird, is preparing to move from the Virginia Aviation Museum to the Science Museum of Virginia.

The SR-71’s operational missions began in 1968, during the Vietnam War. The Museum’s Blackbird was no exception. It arrived at Japan’s Kadena Air Base in late September 1969, and flew its ...

The SR-71’s operational missions began in 1968, during the Vietnam War. The Museum’s Blackbird was no exception. It arrived at Japan’s Kadena Air Base in late September 1969, and flew its ...

The SR-71 Blackbird before it was moved from the Virginia Aviation Museum to the Science Museum of Virginia. (Screenshot from the documentary) “I’m really lucky.

Now imagine doing that with a 107-foot long piece of Cold War Era aviation history. Because that’s exactly what the Science Museum of Virginia had to do in order to get an SR-71 Blackbird into ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WVEC) -- The world's fastest and highest flying production aircraft, the SR-71 Blackbird, is preparing to move from the Virginia Aviation Museum to the Science Museum of Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Aviation is transferring more than $60,000 to the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center to support aviation education in Virginia.

The famed SR-71 spy plane at the Virginia Aviation Museum got off the ground for the first time in decades to take a practice roll Monday. Still looking futuristic even though it was designed more ...