The SR-71 Blackbird, the most impressive plane ever ... J58 Engine Airflow on a stationary aircraft. These drawings show the changes necessary in the J58 engine’s configuration as it progresses ...

The SR-71 was fast but fussy — getting the Blackbird into the sky took hours ... untouchable by Soviet surface-to-air missiles. At the drawing board, Skunk Works realized they needed something ...

The SR-71 is perhaps the most iconic Cold War spy aircraft, famous for many record-setting flights. Seemingly impervious to ...

To help redirect the heat caused by friction, the aircraft was painted black, which led to its name: “Blackbird.” The new aircraft would inevitably draw comparison to the X-15, powered by a ...

The following image, published by Code One on its Facebook page, shows configuration SA-2S, an SR-71 Blackbird replacement ... SA-2S remained on the drawing board since the success of the Lockheed ...

The SR-71 was fast but fussy — getting the Blackbird into the sky took hours ... untouchable by Soviet surface-to-air missiles. At the drawing board, Skunk Works realized they needed something ...

In the perennial game of aeronautical anatomy-waving contests, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird wins every time ... Its bizarre configuration made its concept drawings resemble a spacecraft more ...

bringing the final tally for the Blackbird family to 50. The fuselage of the SR-71 included some of the very first composite materials ever used in an aircraft, which made the plane harder to spot ...

The SR-71 Blackbird is arguably one of Lockheed Martin's most important supersonic jets, and it set a number of records in its time. Even today, it remains the fastest jet ever recorded.