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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”

22nd May 2025
SR-71 RECORDS One last, fast pass by 972 before its final...
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”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”

22nd May 2025
SR-71 RECORDS One last, fast pass by 972 before its final...
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Secrets of the A-12: the SR-71 Blackbird's predecessor

22nd May 2025
For close on eight years, from selection to the programme’s termination, Ken Collins lived and breathed the CIA’s Project ‘Oxcart’ — testing the Mach 3-plus Lockheed A-12 reconnaissance aircraft from Area 51 and operating it over North Vietnam on the ‘Black Shield’ deployment, all in conditions of the utmost secrecy
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”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”

22nd May 2025
SR-71 RECORDS One last, fast pass by 972 before its final...
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”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

”We were moving faster than a rifle bullet”

22nd May 2025
SR-71 RECORDS One last, fast pass by 972 before its final...
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Blackbird Simulations releases Beale AFB
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Beale AFB

Blackbird Simulations releases Beale AFB

6th June 2023
Blackbird Simulations has released its first airport for Microsoft Flight Simulator, Beale Air Force Base.
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FlyPast Podcast Episode 20
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FlyPast Podcast Episode 20

7th May 2021
Historic aviation author Jim Goodall dials in from California to discuss his new book on the Skunk Works, and some quite unbelievable SR-71 Blackbird stories...
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