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Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has been publicly discussing the SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” — a hypersonic reconnaissance and strike aircraft designed to fly at...
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In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird flying at 83,000 feet over the Soviet Kola Peninsula lost both Pratt & Whitney J58 engines simultaneously — and...
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In April 1962, Lockheed Skunk Works flew an A-12 Oxcart spy plane that required an entirely new American titanium industry just to manufacture and...
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In June 1986, six Soviet MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors tried to trap a single American SR-71 Blackbird over the Barents Sea. The Soviet pilots had...
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In 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the only man in history to survive an SR-71 Blackbird disintegrating around him at Mach 3.18...
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On January 25, 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the first man in history to survive a supersonic parachute ejection from an SR-71...
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On April 21, 1989, an SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed “Ichiban” was racing past Mach 3 over the Pacific when its left compressor bearing suddenly froze,...
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The legendary SR-71 Blackbird that broke every aviation record almost never got built. In the early 1960s, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara repeatedly questioned...
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The SR-71 Blackbird flew from London to New York in 1 hour, 54 minutes, and 56 seconds—an aircraft that literally outraced the sun. Built...