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Nobody walked off the street into an SR-71 cockpit. Candidates were already seasoned jet pilots, and the transition to qualified Blackbird pilot or reconnaissance...
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Nobody walked off the street into an SR-71 cockpit. Candidates were already seasoned jet pilots, and the transition to qualified Blackbird pilot or reconnaissance...
On July 28, 1976, SR-71 61-7958 set the absolute speed record that still stands, 2,193.2 mph, about Mach 3.3, while a second Blackbird set...
On January 25, 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver was cruising an SR-71 Blackbird at Mach 3.18 and 79,000 feet with the center of...
Pratt & Whitney just announced that its F119 engine has passed one million flight hours. It powered the world's first fifth-generation fighter two decades...
Summary and Key Points: Reuben F. Johnson, a veteran defense technology analyst and Casimir Pulaski Foundation director, scrutinizes the Pratt & Whitney XA103 adaptive...
Summary and Key Points: Christian D. Orr, Senior Editor and former Air Force Security Forces officer, analyzes the technical bridge between the Boeing F-47...