SR-71 Blackbird Stories

The cluster centers on sharing links, anecdotes, and discussions about the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird aircraft, including famous stories like the speed check, with references to other military jets such as F-111, F-16, and F-35.

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tlrobinson Mar 18, 2016 View on HN

Lots of other good Blackbird stories: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=%22sr-71%22&sort=byPopularity&...

jcoyne Jun 30, 2015 View on HN

We're talking about the F-111, right?

narag Mar 31, 2025 View on HN

Something like this?https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/comments/vpu3fv/lockheed_s...

logotype Sep 26, 2023 View on HN

Sometimes it's just strange, and it doesn't seem like a coincidence. It's far too often that I see, read or experience something and then it pops up on HN a few moments later.In this case, I went to Duxford a day before this was posted on HN. I visited the #962 SR-71 in person. At the day this was posted, I also discussed about the SR-71 with a neighbour and how it was stationed at RAF Mildenhall here in the UK.With that said, SR-71 is such an awesome machine, it contains so

bluehawk Mar 21, 2016 View on HN

Hilarious context, for those who haven't read it yet: http://oppositelock.kinja.com/favorite-sr-71-story-107912704...

Gambit89 May 12, 2010 View on HN

I'll just leave this link here...http://gizmodo.com/5511236/the-thrill-of-flying-the-sr+71-bl...

golergka Sep 1, 2020 View on HN

Just in case someone on HN still haven't read the famous SR-71 speed check story: https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blac...

mauvehaus Mar 3, 2021 View on HN

Haven't been in a while, but when they still had the annex on-base there was an A-12 there. Have they moved it into the museum proper? That'd be a sight to see next to the SR-71.Tacit Blue is also worth a look. It's honestly hard to imagine anything so ungainly actually taking to the air.ETA: Dunno if they still have it on display, but for a long time they had just the forward fuselage of Bock's Car sitting unloved in a corner. It's hard to reconcile the destructio

jcr Sep 2, 2015 View on HN

discussions:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9443737https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7365801https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7363115<a href="https://news.

ivanche Apr 16, 2020 View on HN

Or F16 Falcon https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/f-16.html