World's Fastest Plane Ever Built: SR-71 Blackbird

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[matthewleitch]

It's also incredibly cool looking. What a unique and graceful shape.

[SHOOTA.]

fun fact..you had to be married to fly that beast..the thinking was, a married man with a family is less likely to defect and hand it over to another country. ..

[greggirons]

The SR-71 Sucked it self through the air as much as it thrust through the air welll at speed and altitude..! Incredible machine ...

[dimasivan]

Amazing Design, and of course amazing speed

[smellyfinger]

It was developed by Lockheed Martin, not the US Air force.

[Rotorhead]

1- The SR-71/A-11/& YF-12A were not developed BY the Air Force. They were developed FOR the Air Force and C.I.A. by Kelly Johnson's Skunk Works at Lockheed Aircraft.

2- The top speed ever recorded was Mach 3.31.

3- Titanium is not an alloy, it's a basic element.

[dearbrad]

You failed to mention Lockheed Martin's contribution. After all, they built it, didn't they?😢

[AS-hcew]

Pound for pound undefeated light weight champion of the sky

[YellowDire]

The title is incorrect, the North American X-15 was the fastest plane ever built.

[danfreeman]

Designed by -
Lockheed Advance Development Projects.
I make rings from SR-71 Titanium.

[Nuke-MarsX]

The camera man going at mach 3.2 to film it

[brs]

It holds the record for jet speed at around Mach 3.5.

[coreygarnett]

The black bird was Russias worst nightmare…Next was the stealth fighter…Who knows what’s next??

[Kane]

It looks like its going 1000 miles an hour standing still

[Kyubii]

So did they make better ones ? If they retired it I assume they made better black birds or did they just gave the birds and whistles to regular jets ?

[philliposip]

still not retired, just not being used, if what they will use it because of its capabilities.

[mrDmastr]

You know it was fast if all it had to do to evade an incoming missile was, throttle up

[TheGoodTrader]

It was also designed to holster nuclear warheads in case Russia and Cuba got buck wild and decided to proceed with blowing California off the map 😅

[JawsAT]

Also. it never flew over the Soviet Union.

[ryanherrick]

Add Wifi reception capabilities and satellite reception and it might add value to this practical paper airplane