Leaving the airspace above New York City at 2,455 miles per hour, SR-71 tail number 64-17972 would set a transatlantic speed record on Sept. 1, 1974.

More than 60 years after it graced the skies for the first time, Lockheed's SR-71 Blackbird remains the fastest manned plane ever developed. With the ability to hit a maximum speed of 2,193 miles per ...

At the end of the SR-71 spy plane program in the 90s, the US was left without a new spy plane to operate across the world. The SR72 is still decades away, and for the last 30 years, supposbly the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — At least 13 people have died as a result of the catastrophic UPS plane crash that happened in Louisville Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash, ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is unlike virtually any plane that came before it, and virtually no planes like it have been made since. Even though the remarkable machine's development began in the ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird strategic reconnaissance aircraft was, until its retirement in 1998, the fastest operational jet aircraft.

Watch the impressive engineering in this in-depth tour of the SR-71 Blackbird's jet engine and you'll see an extraordinary reconnaissance aircraft that still impresses despite taking its first flight ...

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia State Police responded to a plane crash in Northumberland County to find the 71-year-old pilot was uninjured. Around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, state ...

Ask any military aviation enthusiast or veteran what they think is the fastest jet of all time, and there's little doubt they'd answer, 'The SR-71 Blackbird.' However, they'd be incorrect, though with ...

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NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. — A plane made an emergency landing on State Road 44 near Taganana Drive in New Smyrna Beach this morning. The pilot was not injured and managed to land the plane safely on the ...