The SR-71 Blackbird's capabilities are rightly the stuff of legend, but what might not be so well known is the preparation ...

When the SR-71 Blackbird conducted its first flights in the mid-1960s, it was nothing short of amazing. It has remained so since. Over the course of its operation, the plane set dozens of speed ...

Watch a large scale foam RC version of the legendary SR 71 Blackbird showcase impressive design and flight capabilities.

SR-71 Spy Plane Story: In an unforgettable example of super-speedy and long-range flight, a pilot and his recon systems officer pushed the envelope of an SR-71 Blackbird to its limits. In 1971, they ...

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 shot ...

Back in 1976, Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Morgan Jr. climbed on board a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and set the absolute world speed record for a manned, ...

Museum Docent Scott Willey describes the final record-setting flight of the National Air and Space Museum's SR-71. Learn more about the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird on display at the National Air and ...

Amazing clip filmed through a FLIR (Forward Looking Infra Red) of an F-16 shows a Blackbird and an F/A-18 Hornet flying together. Have you ever seen a FLIR video of an SR-71? Well, there’s a really ...

More than 60 years after it graced the skies for the first time, Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest manned plane ever developed. With the ability to hit a maximum speed of 2,193 miles per ...

Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...

The SR-71 Blackbird was developed by Lockheed's Skunk Works in the 1960s to address U.S. Cold War intelligence needs, designed for unprecedented speed, high altitude, and minimal radar cross-section ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is unlike virtually any plane that came before it, and virtually no planes like it have been made since. Even though the remarkable machine's development began in the ...