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The aviation industry has felt the need for more speed since its inception. Some pursued speed for mere thrills or to set records. However,...
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The aviation industry has felt the need for more speed since its inception. Some pursued speed for mere thrills or to set records. However,...
Though obviously not as fast as the SR-71, the F-4 had been a renowned record-holder in her own right, setting a whopping 16 world...
Lockheed Martin’s SR-72, also known as the “Son of Blackbird,” is one of aerospace’s most hotly anticipated programs. In May of last year, a...
Back when my very first 19FortyFive article was published, discussing the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, several of our readers requested that I follow up by...
The Lockheed Martin SR-72 has not yet even made it past the conceptual stage of development. Yet, it already has at least two distinct...
The SR-71 Blackbird, Still the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft. That means Russia tried - and failed - to shoot it down.
During the SR-71 “Blackbird’s” more than 25-year-long service history – which ran from its first flight in 1964 through retirement in 1999 – not...
Meet the SR-91 Aurora – The moniker “Aurora” first appeared in a black program spy plane request in the mid-1980s. Since then, the mysterious...
Why the SR-71 Spy Plane Was Only ‘Made In America’: During the Cold War, the United States Air Force had the Lockheed SR-71 spy plane. Unofficially...
In 1985, an administrative sergeant assigned to America’s SR-71 unit attempted to sell top-secret intelligence about the airframe to the Soviets. Ultimately, the sergeant...