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The SR-72 “Darkstar” is the long-rumored hypersonic successor to the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, a secret project from ...
Even more Top Secret than the Lockheed SR-71, the D-21 drone was a promising Cold War idea that could have eliminated the need for manned overflights, ...
The SR-71 Blackbird spy plane is well known for its remarkably high speed flights. The word slow isn't commonly associated ...
The SR-71 Blackbird has several features that make it unique, one of which is a windshield that's specially made for the craft's operation.
The SR-71 Blackbird dominated the sky for decades as one of the fastest, highest flying spy planes in the world. Here is the aircraft's origin story.
To commemorate the Blackbird, Urwerk issued its Electronic Mechanical Control (EMC) SR-71 watch in 2014 with a design that echoes the aesthetics of the spy-plane.
Both the winding crank and bezel surrounding the time-telling dials on Urwerk’s EMC SR-71 are made of a titanium alloy sourced from the fuselage of the spy plane.
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Lieutenant Colonel Ed Yeilding ...
The SR-71 Blackbird, retired in 1990 (but reactivated briefly years later), was the fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft. The SR-71 Retirement – What You Need To Know -Officially ...
The A-12’s DNA is evident in the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, which took up the mantle of high-speed, high-altitude reconnaissance and served the United States for several decades.