Modern Engineering Marvels on MSN
The SR-71 Blackbird’s speed secret: Mach 3.2 on paper, faster in reality
Blackbird SR-71 did not survive through concealing but through escape. Lockheed had constructed the Skunk Works of the SR-71 in the wake of the 1960 U-2 shootdown in the belief that, once spotted, the ...
Mike Barnett Aviation on MSN
That moment the Blackbird lit its afterburners and disappeared
The SR-71 Blackbird wasn’t just fast—it redefined what speed meant. Flying at over Mach 3, it could outrun missiles, climb ...
Many of today's active adults were not even alive, or they were very young at best, back when the absolute speed record for a crewed aircraft flying in Earth's atmosphere was set. Follow us: That ...
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