Built to outrun missiles and MiGs, the SR-71 Blackbird flew faster, higher, and longer than any jet in history. Discover how ...

For most travelers, the loud, window-rattling boom of a supersonic jet is something you hear about in documentaries rather ...

The aircraft featured so many unusual components; it was unique, and that goes from the very tip of its nose to its tail. One of the more interesting features of the SR-71 was its windshield ...

During this time, the Model 10 project was given to Kelly Johnson, who would go on to lead the Skunk Works division of Lockheed, design some of the world's most famous aircraft, like the U2 Dragon ...

October 9, 1999, marked the end of an era in aviation history when the legendary SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing ... booms—one from the aircraft’s nose and the other from its tail—as it ...

The EMC SR-71 is a manually-wound mechanical watch that places a premium on accuracy. The display includes a standard hours/minutes dial, a seconds dial, and a power reserve indicator.

All of the challenges faced by the engineers of the SR-71 are present, but they’ve been dialed up to ... aircraft will be blended and will not have individual areas such as the tail, empennage, ...

To lower the radar cross-section of the SR-71, the vertical tail fins were constructed using a composite material. Various other measures were taken to reduce the aircraft’s RCS further still, such as ...

The SR-71 Blackbird's exceptional performance made ... and the small wings located at the top of the tail created turbulence in flight. The instability made the aircraft difficult to control ...

and subtle logos bearing the SR-71's signature twin-tail profile on the door sills and elsewhere. The alloy wheel centers supporting the carbon-fiber rims feature seven spokes that resemble the ...

The hypercar appears to be based on the high-downforce 21C rather than the sleeker V Max with the longer tail which was first ... team that built the SR-71 Blackbird”. Both versions of the ...

“the Lockheed SR-71 was a twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft. Its airframe was constructed largely of titanium and its alloys; while its vertical tail fins were ...