The SR-71 Blackbird, an iconic long-range, advanced, strategic reconnaissance aircraft, was renowned for its unmatched speed and altitude capabilities. Developed by Lockheed’s Skunk Works division, ...

Top that off with the awesome-looking, specially designed pressure suits made for wear by SR-71 pilots, and it’s no wonder ...

Kelly Johnson led the Lockheed Skunk Works crew that designed and built the SR-71 Blackbird in a windowless Burbank Airport, ...

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 100,000 square miles ...

Twenty years after its final retirement, the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane still is the fastest and highest-flying aircraft ever.

When functioning normally, the shock waves stay inside the inlet. If something disrupts this process, the engines lose their ...

To commemorate the Blackbird, Urwerk issued its Electronic Mechanical Control (EMC) SR-71 watch in 2014 with a design that echoes the aesthetics of the spy-plane.

Back in 1976 the American SR-71 Blackbird spy plane reached speeds of Mach 3.3, or 2,193.2 mph (3,529.6 kph). In doing so it set an absolute speed record for a crewed aircraft flying in the ...

There are over 70 military aircraft there that were used in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War ...

The CIA's A-12 Oxcart looked nearly identical to the SR-71 Blackbird, but it had an advantage in the speed department over the Blackbird. Technically.