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The SR-71 Blackbird's titanium skin was a masterpiece of thermal engineering, designed to survive conditions that would melt a standard aircraft. Its high-strength beta alloy was ...

Back in 1976, Major General Eldon Wayne Joersz and Lieutenant Colonel George T. Morgan Jr. climbed on board a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird and set the absolute world speed record for a manned, ...

The cover of Aviation Week & Space Technology’s Jan. 22, 1990, issue featured the U.S. Air Force/Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird flying over Lake Almanor in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The Air Force was ...