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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America’s fastest manned aircraft—ever. W hile almost everyone has heard ...
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Fifty Years Later, the SR-71 Blackbird Is Still the Fastest Plane Ever Built
Blackbird flew over 3,551 missions. Unlike the U-2, the SR-71 boasted no losses during that time. Blackbird’s intelligence-gathering missions were essential to America’s national defense ...