How the SR-71 Blackbird Was Saved: The Saab JA-37 Viggen was a highly capable, advanced Swedish Cold War fighter active from ...
A newly revisited Cold War account details how a Swedish Saab JA-37 Viggen escorted a crippled US SR-71 Blackbird to safety in 1987, shielding it from pursuing Soviet MiG-25s. The story emerges as ...
After test pilot Bill Weaver crashed, he thought he had died. It turns out he was falling from the edge of outer space, after his SR-71 Blackbird spy plane had ...
Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. ""Speed" depicts the life of Bob Gilliland, an accomplished pilot and principle test pilot for the SR-71 Blackbird, and his journey with this ...
The SR-71 Blackbird remains an aviation icon, decades after being retired. The aircraft was one of the most visually distinct, and technically distinct, aircraft ever built. The SR-71 looked like ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GettyImages 106007381 Photo Quest Getty Images Sleek, black and evil in appearance, the SR-71 Blackbird was THE masterpiece of ...