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 Lieutenant Colonel Ed Yeilding ...

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 ...

The SR-71 Blackbird dominated the sky for decades as one of the fastest, highest flying spy planes in the world. Here is the aircraft's origin story.

SR-71 – A Titanium Aircraft The Blackbird was the first to utilize titanium alloy – which provided the strength of steel but at a relatively lightweight –for the airframe.

Aviation buffs and industry experts estimate that the SR-71 Blackbird out-flew more than 4,000 missiles during its several decades in service.

MUSCLE SHOALS — Everyone on the tarmac was excited when the SR-71 Blackbird arrived at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., in March 1990, except Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and ...

The SR-71 Blackbird spy plane could fly faster than Mach 3, more than 2,000 miles per hour. This allowed it to easily avoid surface-to-air missiles.

An SR-71 Blackbird Crew Buzzed a California Air Traffic Control Tower SR-71 Pilot Maury Rosenberg with RSO Ed McKim. (Western Museum of Flight) ...

The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center in Hutchinson will be celebrating the legacy of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

The Czinger 21C Blackbird Edition Brings the SR-71 to the Road Automotive engineers love jets. Czinger is particularly fond of the world's fastest air-breather.