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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls his Blackbird flying so fast that landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before Taking off from Kadena AB

Feb 8 2026
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 RSO recalls when an F-101 tried to race against his Blackbird. The Voodoo pilot gave up when he asked him how fast his F-101 could climb above 80,000 feet.

Dec 4 2025
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The Blackbird pilot who revealed SR-71 True Top Speed

Nov 21 2025
By 
Dario Leone
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that the F-15 Eagle radar couldn’t see it

Oct 31 2025
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The SR-71 that flew from New York to London an hour faster than the best commercial Concorde flight time

Oct 26 2025
By 
Dario Leone
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Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Blackbird pilot explains why the SR-71 limiting speed was Mach 3.55

Oct 18 2025
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Blackbird pilot tells why the SR-71 could fly at Mach 3.55 so long as 427C weren’t exceeded

Oct 12 2024
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls when a Soviet MiG-23 pilot asked him to bring his Blackbird at Vladivostok as a gesture of peaceful relationship. He answered him to forward his request to US state department.

Jul 16 2024
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls when he and his RSO pushed their Blackbird to Mach 3.5 and outran Gaddafi’s SAMs during a BDA flight of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

Apr 14 2024
By 
Dario Leone
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls the mission where a Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat fired a missile at his Blackbird

Feb 4 2024
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Here’s why SR-71 Blackbird spy planes could go faster than Mach 3.4 During BDA flights of Libya in support of Operation El Dorado Canyon

Dec 10 2023
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Blackbird pilot recalls when his SR-71 Flew so Fast that he and his RSO Landed at Beale AFB almost a Day Before They Took Off from Kadena AB

Nov 26 2023
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

SR-71 pilot recalls when he and his RSO did a Blackbird super low pass at a speed of 152 knots

Nov 12 2023
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Aviation History / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

‘When the Valkyrie flies at Mach 3 it loses pieces that are bigger than the Blackbird, but the XB-70 flies less Mach 3 time than the YF-12.’ The Mach 3 rivalry between the YF-12 and XB-70.

Oct 8 2023
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

The story of the Catholic priest who got an SR-71 VIP ride and flew at Mach 3.52 breaking the Blackbird Speed Record

Oct 1 2023
By 
Linda Sheffield Miller
Aviation Humor / Cold War Era / Military Aviation / SR-71 Blackbird / SR-71 Top Speed

Legendary “Sled Driver” Brian Shul tells the story behind his famed SR-71 Blackbird Ground Speed Check

Sep 9 2023
By 
Dario Leone
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