Tag: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

Museum of Aviation to Celebrate the SR-71 Blackbird with Three-Day Blackbird Days Event

Blackbird Days brings SR-71 pilots, maintainers, and experts to the Museum of Aviation for panels,…

Flight Test Files: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird – Managing the Expansion of the Titanium Skin

NASA used the SR-71 Blackbird in the 1990s to study high-speed flight, propulsion, sonic booms…

Own a Piece of Aviation History: The Legendary SR-71 Blackbird

Secure a piece of aviation history with limited-edition SR-71 Blackbird PlaneTags, crafted from the stabilizer…

Today in Aviation History: Final Flight of the SR-71 Blackbird

Learn about the final flight of the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird on October 9, 1999, and…

Today in Aviation History: First Flight of The Lockheed YF-12A Interceptor

On August 7, 1963, the first Lockheed YF-12A interceptor, sn/ 60-6934, took off from a…

Randy’s Warbird Profiles – Lockheed M-21 Blackbird

Since his other posts received such a warm welcome, we thought our readers might enjoy…

Today in Aviation History – The SR-71 Flew New York to London in Less Than 2 Hours

by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 1, 1974, Major James…

Tomcat Tales – A Stray Blackbird in Key West

In a follow-up to our first article from F-14 Tomcat RIO and TOPGUN instructor Dave…

SR-71 Blackbird Forum at The Museum of Flight

The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington is holding a special event on the Lockheed…

Declassified: Swedish Pilots Presented with U.S. Air Medal For Protecting SR-71 Blackbird

At the end of November last year, details of a fascinating cold war mission involving…