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An SR-71 Blackbird could fly at 85,000 feet (over 16 miles!) and push Mach 3.3 (about 2,500 mph!). One of these…
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On May 1, 1960, as the Cold War was heating up, CIA pilot Gary Powers was shot down flying a U-2C spy plane over…
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On August 13, 1981, Jay Reid and I made the first SR-71 landing in Continental Europe. It was virtually…
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The SR-71, an aircraft that first flew some 50 years ago next Monday, still holds the public's imagination like no…
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Fifty years ago this month, Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the USSR in his Lockheed U-2. The legendary spy…
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