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Aahh, the dear old SR-71 Blackbird, subject of my first-ever article for 19FortyFive. Arguably the crowning achievement of aerospace engineering genius Clarence “Kelly” Johnson...
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Aahh, the dear old SR-71 Blackbird, subject of my first-ever article for 19FortyFive. Arguably the crowning achievement of aerospace engineering genius Clarence “Kelly” Johnson...
Russia’s Attempt to Build An SR-71 – During the Cold War, the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” earned a reputation that no aircraft could catch it, and it could even outrun...
The Myth Of The SR-91 Aurora Persists, The Plane That Never Existed – Aviation enthusiasts have been enthralled with the term “hypersonic” for several...
The Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” has become a pop culture icon thanks to appearances in movies such as Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen and I Am Legend, while...
What Is Different: SR-71 Blackbird vs. SR-72 Darkstar – Normally at a major air show, it is the planes in the sky that draw all...
You had a chance to see the SR-72 up close this weekend: During the production of this summer’s blockbuster hit Top Gun: Maverick, the...
During its twenty-four-year career, the SR-71 remained the world’s fastest and highest-flying operational aircraft in the world. At 80,000 feet, the Blackbird could survey...
While there has been a lot said and very little knowledge about the supposed SR-72 Son of Blackbird or sometimes called SR-72 Darkstar, there...
For aviation buffs (you know who you are), the star of Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t Tom Cruise but instead was the aircraft that the one-time...
The Cold War is filled with crazy stories of Russia trying to mimic or copy NATO and the U.S. in building lethal weapons of...