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2731 mph fact: In 35 years of SR-71 Blackbird operations, the Air Force lost 12 aircraft to accidents — only 1 mishap was fatal
Between its maiden flight in 1964 and its retirement in 1999, the U.S. Air Force lost 12 of its Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird ...
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The SR-71 Blackbird could hit Mach 3 but was almost cancelled
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird that broke every aviation record almost never got built. In the early 1960s, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara repeatedly questioned the program, multiple A-12 ...
Ordinary jet fuel would boil and combust inside the Blackbird’s fuel tanks—meaning the aircraft must use a special fuel blend that is nearly impossible to light by accident. The SR-71 Blackbird ...
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