How the SR-71 Blackbird flew so fast its windshield got hot enough to cook food

How the SR-71 Blackbird survived Mach 3 flight: 1,200°F skin temperatures, quartz windows, JP-7 cooling, and its titanium ...

Why The SR-71C 'The Bastard' Was The Only Blackbird Never Meant To Fly

At this point in the Blackbird program, all the specialized tooling that Lockheed Martin had invented to work with these ...
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Did the CIA Help Create the SR-71 Blackbird? It’s Complicated

The SR-71 was derived from the A-12 Oxcart, a black project also built by Lockheed’s famed “Skunk Works” division for the CIA.
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Who Designed The SR-71 Blackbird Jet, And Where Was It Built?

There are certain planes that are so special that their very name is spoken in hushed tones. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird is one such craft. Designed during the Cold War, the Blackbird was a ...
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A Russian-Made Missile Nearly Shot Down an SR-71 Blackbird Spy Plane

What You Need to Know: The fastest airframe to ever fly the skies is surprisingly not a twenty-first-century invention. Nearly half a century ago, the SR-71 Blackbird set the record for highest ...
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SR-71 Blackbird Speed Record in Danger After New Quarterhorse Prototype Takes Flight

Back in 1976, Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Morgan Jr. climbed on board a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and set the absolute world speed record for a manned, ...
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NASA Once Tricked Its Own Government By Hiding An SR-71 In Plain Sight

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird,one of the most recognizable aircraft, was primarily intended as a classified reconnaissance plane. Designed in the 1960s at Lockheed's Skunk Works division, the SR-71 ...