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What It Took To Build The SR-71 Blackbird
The legendary SR-71 Blackbird retains the record for America’s fastest manned aircraft—ever. W hile almost everyone has heard ...
Behold the cockpit of one of the finest spy planes ever built, the SR-71 Blackbird. The Blackbird, created by Lockheed Martin's famous Skunkworks, was a revolutionary platform for its time.