Last Friday you saw the SR-71 Blackbird cockpit in glorious ultra-HD. Veteran Blackbird pilot Richard Graham explains how the cockpit actually works in this fascinating video filmed inside the cockpit ...

No turbos. No hybrid. Hennessey’s 850-hp Blackbird ignites a 9,000-rpm V-8, a gated manual, and 220-mph ambition to resurrect the wild, analog hypercar for a new age!

In the heart of the Cold War, American engineers built an aircraft so advanced it had to be invented almost from scratch, ...

Brian Shul’s account of his Blackbird flight against enemy SAM batteries over Libya. Imagine yourself inside that tight SR-71 cockpit with all the alarms sounding. This cool 360-degree virtual reality ...

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Developed by Lockheed at its famously secretive Skunk Works in Burbank, California, the SR-71 was a derivative of the A-12 reconnaissance plane built for the CIA as a replacement for the U2 spy plane ...

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Over two dozen Blackbirds remain preserved across the US (and UK), with all but a couple in museums open to the public.

When the last SR-71 Blackbird was grounded in 1998 it was a double blow. Not only did aviation lose one of the most advanced aircraft ever built, but also one of the most beautiful. Lockheed Martin's ...