I wouldn’t mind being stuck in traffic with the Blackbird. SR-71A (#61-7958) towed down on its way to the Museum of Aviation near Warner Robins, GA. (1990).
The irony of being stuck in a traffic caused by one of the fastest jet on the planet.
A Lockheed A12 mounted upside-down for radar testing at Area 51.
This is the same A12 that currently resides at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York
SR-71 just trying to fit in… “Last one back to base has to buy the beer tonight.”
SR-71 being refueled by a 747!
Hurry up starfighter! You’re gonna make us late!…”I’m coming! I’m coming! Slow down!”
How the then-new top-secret SR-71 was transported between Lockheed Martin’s Skunkworks in Burbank and Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, c.1964
SR-71 Blackbird flying alongside the F-14 Tomcat over Libya In 1986
LOUD? YES! 3 x F 4 Phantom, 1 x SR 71 Blackbird and 3 x F 14 Tomcat formation flying low
SR-71 Blackbirds in the fog
Hangar full of SR-71 Blackbirds
SR-71 Pilots in Pressurized Uniforms, 1980’s.
Congratulations, Mr.Lockheed! It’s a boy!
A True Engineering Marvel
I wondered, if it could be that in the 80s i had seen one of them over Bavaria and another one in Frankfurt airbase…
The 6th photo of the plane being moved to Plant 42 is an A-12, not an SR-71. The 10th photo is A-12’s in storage. Also, Lockheed built the Blackbirds. The company didn’t become Lockheed Martin until 1995.
I saw a mock up B-1A on a mount like the picture of the upside down SR-71 at area 51 only the B-1A was at a place called Weedpatch.