At 83,000 feet and over 2,000 miles per hour, the SR-71 Blackbird outran every missile ever launched at it. But behind the headlines are the pilots who lived on the edge of physics and war—navigating ...
A four-part quartz glass windshield resisted both heat and distortion when the SR-71 Blackbird was flying at speeds exceeding ...
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 ...