Born from the need to replace the vulnerable U-2 spy plane, the SR-71 Blackbird was an engineering marvel of the Cold War. We ...

What You Need to Know: The SR-71 Blackbird, one of the fastest aircraft ever built, was powered by revolutionary Pratt & Whitney engines using single-crystal turbine blades to endure extreme heat.

Key point: No one has been able to beat America’s SR-71 in terms of speed. However, now the U.S. is working on a much faster plane… Twenty years after its final retirement, the SR-71 Blackbird spy ...

For people who are into horses, this kind of animal doesn't get any better than a quarter horse. That's because the name is an umbrella term for horses no matter their breed that are stocky and ...

The fascinating story of the spy plane SR-71 Blackbird--the fastest manned aircraft in the history of aviation. The SR-71 Blackbird, the famed "spy" jet, was deliberately designed to be the world's ...

What happens if the “Son of Blackbird” never leaves the nest? The SR-72 promises something we don’t have: a reusable, hypersonic ISR/strike jet that can cross continents in minutes and hit ...

NASA's experimental X-43A didn't have a pilot and couldn't fly independently, but its blisteringly high speeds showed that ...

If you are into aviation you probably know by now something extraordinary is brewing over in the U.S. I'm talking about the plans to eventually produce a hypersonic military aircraft that can ...