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

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 ...

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 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.