The SR-71 Blackbird Under Fire On July 26, 1968, an SR-71 Blackbird was cruising over Northern Vietnam when the aircraft ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-71C “Hybrid Trainer,” nicknamed “The Bas****,” was a unique Blackbird variant created by merging parts of two different SR-71 aircraft. -Built using the front section of ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, a marvel of engineering and innovation, remains unparalleled in speed even fifty years after its inception. Designed during the Cold War era, this iconic aircraft not only broke ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-71 Blackbird, one of the fastest aircraft ever built, was powered by revolutionary Pratt & Whitney engines using single-crystal turbine blades to endure extreme heat.

When it comes to blistering aerial speeds, fighter jets manufactured by American military contractors like Boeing and Lockheed dominate the skies. While Bell's X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" was the first ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, the most impressive plane ever created at the time, remained a mystery even 20 years after its first flight. But in the July 1982 issue, Popular Mechanics published a tell-all ...

In the perennial game of aeronautical anatomy-waving contests, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird wins every time. All the world's achievements in aviation in the last 120 years don't hit home in most ...

The SR-71 Blackbird may have been one of the most secretive aircraft of all time, developed behind closed doors in Lockheed’s Skunkworks. But after some time, it was an aircraft treated like any other ...

Every Labour Day since 1946, Canada has held its International Air Show on the shores of Lake Ontario near Toronto. It's an incredible display of Canadian, American and allied aircraft, bringing ...