How Fast is SR-71 Blackbird?

We humans are obsessed with speed. We bred the fastest horse when we first started riding. We looked for ways to put insanely powerful engines in our cars when we first started building them. And when we figured out how to build flying machines, we really pushed the envelope. Going fast, however, is not always a matter of sport or pleasure. The need for speed sometimes drives us to design the impossible.
One such example is the chain of events that resulted in the famous SR-71 Blackbird.
When the military U-2 spy planes became vulnerable to Soviet attack in 1960, particularly from surface-to-air missiles, President Eisenhower directed Lockheed to build an aircraft that would fly faster than any aircraft before or since, at greater altitude, and with a minimal radar cross-section
The goal was clear: build the impossible. And do it fast.
No other air breathing aircraft has managed to beat the SR-71's speed record of Mach 3.3 set in 1976 for sustained flight.
It flew from New York to London in just 1 hour 54 Minutes including refueling compared to Concorde's best of 2 hours 52 minutes.
And no other air-breathing aircraft has flown higher since SR71 pilot Robert Helt set the absolute altitude record of 85,069ft.
And the interesting bits don’t end here as this record breaker doesn’t have one dull screw on its body.
So, buckle your seat belts and enjoy the flight!
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[@adventurousloner]

Up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane.... it's the X-Men plane? Love this.

[@thalb4279]

One of the many items on my Christmas list

[@jrftworth]

Don't be stupid, no one can ever get one

[@blackdragon5274]

It's probably the closest thing to a starfighter we've made so far

[@jeshkam]

♥XB-70, SR-71 & F-22♥

[@igorzhukov1337]

Can anyone say, what is the music track playing since 0:08?

[@SuperMyckie]

Is it on ebay?

[@jrftworth]

Don't be stupid

[@s2t4i6n9e]

Where did you find an english speaker who doesn't know how to pronounce 'fuselage'?

[@Coreybug]

Time stamp?

[@jk_46]

@@Coreybug 3min 15s

[@grogvaughan5649]

It once had a flame out over Ohio and coasted to Colorado to land.

[@gr8crash]

Lol no it didn't

[@grogvaughan5649]

@@gr8crash yeah it did. Back in the 1980s.

[@gr8crash]

@Grog Vaughan no it didnt. Did it land in Colorado yes several times, but it didn't have a flame out and "coast" to Colorado, that's absolutely absurd. For one it can't "coast" that far, it looses the engines it's coming down fast. Loosing 1 engine it's coming down quick and they'd never just coast to Colorado from Ohio, they would have just gone to Wright Patt or something close.

[@grogvaughan5649]

@@gr8crash I'll take the time to get the archive article from the Akron Beacon Journal from the University of Akron. Just to prove you wrong, but that's OK. I'm retired and have lots of free time.

[@gr8crash]

@Grog Vaughan lol you'll never find an article to say that, especially if it was dual engine because it literally couldn't coast that far, not remotely possible. Now maybe a single engine issue and the flew there for some reason maybe. But no, it never "coasted" that far as it would be impossible.