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 ...

Ms. Miller quotes a passage from Buddy Brown's book, titled Beyond Mach 3: A Pilot’s Journey Through The U-2 and SR-71 (1950 to 1970) A Memoir, “The first leg of the first flight of the SR-71 ...