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Inside the SR-71 Blackbird: Corrosion, Cadmium, and High-Speed Flight
The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built, faced numerous hidden challenges during its career. Engineers discovered ...
National Interest on MSN11mon
YF-12: The SR-71 Look Alike That Could Have Changed Aviation History
The YF-12 Interceptor: Lockheed's Legendary High-Speed Aircraft The SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance plane remains one of the ...
The National Interest12d
The SR-71 Blackbird Was Built to Outrun Soviet Air Defenses
The SR-71 Blackbirds were used in intelligence-gathering operations over the Soviet Union and Vietnam. As Washington and Beijing race to produce the world’s first-ever sixth-generation aircraft ...
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Here's what we know about Lockheed Martin's mysterious SR-72
In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...