Leaving the airspace above New York City at 2,455 miles per hour, SR-71 tail number 64-17972 would set a transatlantic speed record on Sept. 1, 1974.

The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built, faced numerous hidden challenges during its career. Engineers discovered that summer-welded titanium parts were corroded due to chlorine in the water ...

Summary and Key Points: In June 2024, the SR-71 community gathered in Reno, Nevada, for the twenty-fifth and final anniversary hosted by the Blackbird Association, attended by those associated with ...

Around the conclusion of the Cold War, the SR-71 was falling out of favor. The shift in attitude was owed in large part to the Soviet decline, which spoiled the SR-71’s most important reconnaissance ...

The SR-71 is one of the U.S. Air Force's most prolific aircraft. Other than looking like a futuristic aircraft military model lovers have built for decades, it was designed and built in secret by the ...

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, ...

Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird jet remans the fastest manned plane ever, capable of speeds current commercial airliners don't come close to matching.

Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...