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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America’s fastest manned aircraft—ever. W hile almost everyone has heard ...
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Fifty Years Later, the SR-71 Blackbird Is Still the Fastest Plane Ever Built
Things like a reduced radar cross-section. The use of specialized radar-absorbing materials, and its UFO-like shape, all contributed to the SR-71 being difficult for enemy radar operators to ...