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 ...

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 ...

In the case of Blackbird 61-7972, which was selected for preservation at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, it ...

Nevertheless, the SR-71 set a number of air performance records.For example, in July 1976, it reached a staggering altitude of 85,068.997 ft. In 1990, a Blackbird flew from West Coast of the ...

Fourteen former SR-71 crew members gathered for a reunion Saturday at the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, Georgia. Thom Patterson/CNN But they also came to send a message about the future.

The sleek and sinister SR-71 Blackbird looks like it belongs in a science fiction movie, though in fact the jet black spy plane proved far more successful at outrunning enemy missiles than any of ...

In 1990, a Blackbird smashed a transcontinental speed record. On Mar. 6, 1990, SR-71 Blackbird S/N 61-7972 (tail number #972) made its final flight from AF Flight Test Center Plant 42 in Palmdale ...

The Science Museum of Virginia is adding an SR-71 Blackbird to their permanent collection in a new exhibit called Speed. But before they can open the exhibit to the public, the museum needs to get ...

The SR-71 was so quick that it remains the fastest air-fed plane ever built — even today. With a top speed of Mach 3.3, the Blackbird could outrun missiles that might try to shoot it down.

14 ex-crew members of legendary SR-71 Blackbird spy plane reunite at Georgia aviation museum. While celebrating world speed record, they're spurring interest in science and technology among kids ...