One of the most legendary stories related to the SR-71 Blackbird has nothing to do with ... back from 325 knots we were at. With the gear up, anything under 275 was just uncomfortable.

slender and flexible fore-body of the SR-71 (where the nose wheel is located) and the distance from the nose wheels to the main landing gear (42 feet), the slight undulating wavelike runway set up ...

The Lockheed SR ... gear, restricting movement and vision. Additionally, the aircraft's design and fueling process posed ...

Developed by Lockheed at its famously secretive Skunk Works in Burbank, California, the SR-71 ... Blackbird was as close to the refueling fleet or airbase as possible. If the aircraft was landing ...

What You Need to Know: On March 8, 1968, an SR-71 Blackbird ... Unfortunately, this Blackbird, later nicknamed “Rapid Rabbit,” was lost in 1972 during a landing accident at Kadena.

It's a bird! It's a plane! You could argue it's both. The SR-71 is an American supersonic Cold-War-era jet that was also called the Blackbird. It earned this name from its special matte-black ...

The SR-71 was first retired in 1989 ... dumped heat out of the cockpit. After landing, both flight and ground crew had to wait a good while for a Blackbird to cool down before they could even ...

Former SR-71 pilot Brian Shul recounted a 1986 mission over Libya where he pushed the Blackbird beyond its speed limits, exceeding Mach 3.2 in his book "Sled Driver." While some Blackbirds went ...

Head-on view from slightly above the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, beautifully lit from ... time since these men had worked alongside primitive landing strips pocked with bomb craters.

Basically, the Blackbird could carry a lot more spy gear and electronic countermeasures than the A-12 could. What Specifically could the SR-71 carry that the A-12 couldnt? Here's a quick breakdown.