Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 Blackbird delivered unmatched Mach-3 recon, but its costs proved fatal. -Each flight hour ran $200,000–$300,000, driven by extreme maintenance, heat-damaged coatings ...

No SR-71 Blackbirds Were Ever Shot Down – And Other Amazing Facts You Didn’t Know: Of the thirty-two Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbirds” that were built during the Cold War, tragically, a dozen were lost in ...

During the early days of the Cold War, the U.S. relied on the U-2 as its reconnaissance airframe. Designed for the Central Intelligence Agency, the U-2 “Dragon Lady” was flown over the Soviet Union.

The SR-71 Blackbird was the world's fastest jet, with the ability to fly at Mach 3.3, or 2,193.2 mph. However, it was retired in 1997 by the U.S. Air Force.

MUSCLE SHOALS — Everyone on the tarmac was excited when the SR-71 Blackbird arrived at Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., in March 1990, except Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and his co-pilot, ...

It's a bird! It's a plane! You could argue it's both. The SR-71 is an American supersonic Cold-War-era jet that was also called the Blackbird. It earned this name from its special matte-black paint ...

I think the SR-71 is probably the most awesome thing humans have done. It was designed with slide rules, by people who were gifted at visualizing air, long before wind tunnels could get up into that ...

Have you ever wondered what it is like to fly in an incredibly fast airplane? What is the SR-71 Blackbird like? How fast do you think it could go? Find out in this STEM in 30 "Mission Debrief" with SR ...

For people who are into horses, this kind of animal doesn't get any better than a quarter horse. That's because the name is an umbrella term for horses no matter their breed that are stocky and ...

The space exploration business is booming in our day and age, and that is owed, not it small part, to the countless startups that provide transportation to space for all those who need it. But whereas ...