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 ...

Harrison Kass, an attorney and former Air Force pilot selectee, evaluates the harrowing 1966 "Mach 3 Breakup" of an SR-71 Blackbird, a survival story that redefined high-altitude flight safety.

Aerospace startup Hermeus has taken another step toward challenging the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s legendary supersonic speed record as the company’s uncrewed Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 lifted off from ...

The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to loss by enemy defenses, a dozen Blackbirds were lost to accidents. On July ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GettyImages 106007381 Photo Quest Getty Images Sleek, black and evil in appearance, the SR-71 Blackbird was THE masterpiece of ...

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, ...

What You Need to Know: The fastest airframe to ever fly the skies is surprisingly not a twenty-first-century invention. Nearly half a century ago, the SR-71 Blackbird set the record for highest ...

The Blackbird’s operational record was impeccable. Known as one of the most awe-inspiring achievements in the history of aviation, Lockheed Martin’s SR-71 Blackbird was the pinnacle of twentieth ...

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 ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This miniature American flag was on board the Lockheed SR-71A (Blackbird) s/n 61-7972 on its record-setting last flight for delivery to the ...