The incredible power of the fastest jet in the USAF.

The history of military aviation is, in a few ways, a story of pushing speed to its limits.

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Aerospace startup Hermeus has taken another step toward challenging the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird’s legendary supersonic speed record as the company’s uncrewed Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 lifted off from ...

Move Over SR-71 Blackbird – The Hermeus Quarterhorse is Gunning For Your Speed Record – Fanboys of the Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird” are very quick to note that even after more than four decades the high ...

There are an unending number of interesting facts about the SR-71 Blackbird, probably the coolest aircraft ever produced by any air force, anywhere in the world. It’s the only airframe made of 85% ...

The hypersonic SR-72 “Son of Blackbird” could reach Mach 6, giving the US Air Force a revolutionary reconnaissance and strike ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is fixed in memory as one of the most legendary aircraft to ever fly. The Cold War-era plane still holds the world’s absolute speed record. While the Blackbird’s reputation as a ...

The phenomenon of an aeroplane that flies ‘before it takes off’ is not an error in the continuum of space-time; it regularly ...

Many of today's active adults were not even alive, or they were very young at best, back when the absolute speed record for a crewed aircraft flying in Earth's atmosphere was set. That happened back ...

If you've ever looked at your wrist and wished that you had a Cold War momento on it that costs as much as a hypercar, Urwerk has your back with its EMC SR-71 watch that includes material from an ...