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 ...

Urwerk The pair had in their possession a piece of fuselage from the legendary Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. The Mach 3-capable Blackbird was in service for the United States Air Force from the 1960s ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is, without a doubt ... setting the Absolute Speed record on 28 July 1976. This image shows Blackbird 958 on landing after setting one of its two absolute aviation records ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is a visitor favorite at the ... set not one but four world speed records before landing at Washington Dulles International Airport in northern Virginia.

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

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 ...