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The Inlet Unstart that prevented SR-71 crew members from going faster than Mach 3.2
‘Al and I had the ACTUAL speed record. 2200 indicated in our equipment aboard 958! Theirs... 2193... NAH!,’ Lt. Col. George Morgan, SR-71 Blackbird...
The SR-71 mission in the “denied area” where Soviets were test firing the then-new SA-5 “Gammon”
The SR-71 that flew in the “denied area” where the Soviets were test-firing the SA-5
A symbol of the Cold War, the SR-71 had already...
The SR-71A #61-7959, the only “Big Tail” Blackbird ever-built
SR-71A #61-7959 came off the assembly line like any other Blackbird, but it was chosen as the platform for a new set of sensor...
When an SR-71 photographed all of the SA-2 SAM sites in North Korea before an emergency landing in South Korea
‘It was a perfect day for flying a reconnaissance mission, not a cloud in the sky. I believe that North Korea had about thirty...
The SR-71 #955: the first Blackbird to use the ASARS to photograph Soviet Submarines
SR-71 #955 was a test bird destined to spend her flying career in the US, primarily in Southern California. But this Blackbird had a...