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Why the Blackbird Leaked Fuel, Trolled the Soviets, and Required a Marriage License to Fly
The SR-71 Blackbird leaked fuel on the runway, needed six midair refuelings per mission, and could only be piloted by married men. But none of that stopped it from outrunning 800 Soviet missiles—on ...
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Lockheed D-21: The Drone Version of the SR-71
Designed in the 1960s at the height of the Cold War, the Lockheed D-21 was a high-speed reconnaissance drone developed as an ...
The CIA's A-12 Oxcart looked nearly identical to the SR-71 Blackbird, but it had an advantage in the speed department over ...
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