The SR-71 Blackbird Was So Fast It Could 'Out Run ... she touched down slightly "hot," but had no chute to reduce the plane's speed. The pilot, Capt. Dennis K. Bush was unable to keep the ...
A pilot and a recon officer would take detailed photos of hundreds of thousands of miles of terrain as stealthily as they could. The incredible speed of the SR-71, as much as 2,200 mph ...
The SR-71C "Hybrid Trainer," nicknamed "The Bas****," was a unique Blackbird variant created by merging parts of two different SR-71 ... more test flight hours at Mach 3 than any other pilot ...