Discover the ingenious thermal management systems that enabled the SR-71 Blackbird to withstand extreme temperatures while ...

Summary: The SR-72, dubbed the "Son of Blackbird," is Lockheed Martin’s cutting-edge hypersonic aircraft designed to surpass ...

Introducing the Blackbird’s successor, the SR-72 Darkstar or Son of Blackbird When the Blackbird was relegated to retirement ...

The SR-71 Blackbird, one of the fastest aircraft ever built, was powered by revolutionary Pratt & Whitney engines using ...

In 2013, Lockheed Martin announced development of the the successor to the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. The SR-71 was capable of reaching speeds over three times the speed of sound, and the SR-72 is ...

The SR-71's world record speeds generated extremely high temperatures, but specialized engineering made it possible to stand ...

While the name of Lockheed Martin’s experimental SR-72 is the Darkstar in “Top Gun ... which refers to it as “Son of Blackbird.” In addition to the movie creating a name, the jet design ...

Jet fighters exhibit remarkable speeds and technological prowess. Top jets like the F-22 Raptor, MiG-29, SR-71 Blackbird, and ...

Males show black median coverts, so the red epaulet lacks a yellow border. The male tri­colored blackbird has a thinner, more pointed bill, a white epaulet border, colder gray-buff upperpart ...

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