The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum ...

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The SR-71 Blackbird, capable of cruising at speeds exceeding Mach 3.2, was the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft ever to serve operationally. -Despite ...

It now rests at the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at ... standing silently in a museum gallery, ...

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Meet the SR-71: It is hard not to be impressed when seeing the Lockheed SR-71 up close, even if it is difficult for many to fully appreciate the significance of the aircraft. Today, it is possible ...

Aviation Week’s Guy Norris has an exclusive article on the successor for the Lockheed Martin SR-71 Blackbird, the legendary spy plane that may be the favorite of every airplane nerd in the world ...

Well, meet the SR-72, the next Blackbird. It’s going into space. Admittedly, we’re a long way away from seeing this in any way, shape, or form: Lockheed Martin admits the first demonstration ...

Lockheed SR-71 (Blackbird) Family Provenance Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, Gift, 1990, NASM.1990.0076 ... The SR-71 in the National Air and Space Museum's collection (s/n 61-7972) accrued ...

Following the loss of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, Lockheed needed “to build the impossible—and do it fast.” Called the SR-71—SR for Strategic ...

Now, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works has revealed that it is building a successor to the Blackbird: the SR-72. When the last SR-71 Blackbird was grounded in 1998 it was a double blow.

From Mach 3 Speeds to Retirement: The Untold Story of the SR-71 Blackbird Capable of cruising at speeds in excess of Mach 3.2, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was the fastest air-breathing manned ...