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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: Inside The Fastest Aircraft Ever Built

The SR-71 Blackbird was restrictive and challenging to fly, and its pilots loved it.

The aircraft’s engine is incredibly capable.

The legacy of the US military developing some of the world’s most iconic and successful surveillance aircraft looks set to continue into the future.

Many advanced military aircraft were never exported – to protect the technology and sometimes because it was beyond other country’s requirements.

Discover the ingenious thermal management systems that enabled the SR-71 Blackbird to withstand extreme temperatures while soaring at Mach 3 speeds.

The SR-71’s world record speeds generated extremely high temperatures, but specialized engineering made it possible to stand the heat.

The United States built many of the most advanced and secretive spy planes of the Cold War.

As far as we know, the Aurora spy plane was a mere myth. But are there any solid facts behind the fiction?

Theres plenty to be in awe of at the worlds largest military museum.

The hypersonic UAV is under development.