As the nations of Earth beaver away at their respective sixth-generation fighter planes, with all the slippery, stealthy, ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is widely known as the fastest plane to ever take to the sky. It set a ground speed record of 2,193.2 mph all the way back in July of 1976. That may not even be its true ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is usually remembered for its titanium skin, Mach 3 speed, and cloak of secrecy, not for the rumble of ...

Sleek, black and evil in appearance, the SR-71 Blackbird was THE masterpiece of Cold War engineering. Flying faster and higher than any fighter, this stealthy reconnaissance aircraft could snoop where ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Any plane is only as fast as whatever drives it, and the SR-71 was powered by a pair of Pratt and Whitney J58 turbojet engines. The engines in question, which were ...

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 ...

There are certain planes that are so special that their very name is spoken in hushed tones. The legendary SR-71 Blackbird is one such craft. Designed during the Cold War, the Blackbird was a ...

For the first time in 40 years, the fastest jet flight crew in the world reunited with the once super-secret spy plane that put them in the history books. At the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins, ...