For All You Aeronautical Junkies ....

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Along with some additional SR-71 historical HD photos and story line. Remarkable stuff for the early 1960's!

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/rare-high-definition-photos-of-the-sr-71-blackbird-1670184930/+kcampbelldollaghan

[Fatboy 18]

Love that, We have one over here in the American Air museum at Duxford.

http://www.iwm.org.uk/exhibitions/iwm-duxford/the-american-air-museum

https://farm7.staticflickr.com/6036/6314697395_f3d2ea6f05_b.jpg
The Record Breaker Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird.
The American Airforce Museum at Duxford Imperial War Museum

[BlknBlu]

Awesome read, my favorite plane by far. Here in Omaha we have one on display as well in the SAC air museum.

Bruce

[The_Greg]

I just read "The Sled Driver" and it was awesome. I don't believe I've seen on in person yet, but really want to after reading.

There was an SR-71 variant in Seattle but I didn't make it to their Museum of Flight when I was in town.

[BlknBlu]

I have the Sled Driver book too. great read if you are a fan.

Bruce

[J TNT]

Good article . The Dayton USAF Museum also has one along with a Valkyrie . The ICBM there was quite interesting .

[BlknBlu]

Here is a pic from the Omaha SAC Air Museum.

http://www.sasmuseum.com/files/2012/08/SR71_2-1024x682.jpg

Bruce

[Bugman Jeff]

Fun fact: Though it was built at the height of the Cold War, most of the titanium in these planes came from the Soviet Union.

[J TNT]

8031http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e328/jaytanti/russwurm-lance-avro-arrow_zps6648d5fe.jpg (http://s42.photobucket.com/user/jaytanti/media/russwurm-lance-avro-arrow_zps6648d5fe.jpg.html)

Here is a Plane from 1957 (7 years before the SR 71) . Flew at Mach 3 , at 66,000 feet . Called the Avro Arrow. Every part was made in Canada . Unheard of these days .