SR-71 Blackbird
Developed for the USAF as reconnaissance aircraft more than 30 years ago, SR-71s are still the world’s fastest and highest-flying production aircraft. […]
SR-71 Fun Facts
By Buz Carpenter, Smithsonian Udvar Center Docent & former SR-71 Instructor Pilot. […]
Aero-TV: Shroud of Secrets – The SR-71 Blackbird
Known as the worlds fastest and highest flying aircraft, the SR-71 remains a source of fascination and secrecy over fifty years since its development. […]
Aviators Season 2: Aeroshell Aerobatic Team
A segment from season two of “The Aviators” which airs across the US on PBS […]
Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror
Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror
We Missed Kawasaki, Japan
On April 15, 1945, Flying GOIN’ JESSIE we were part of a night stream of thirty-three 9th BG B-29s that departed North Field Tinian for a night incendiary attack against the Kawasaki Urban Area. […]
The Deadliest Mission of WWII, Tokyo, Japan, March 9-10, 1945
The Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bomber was the largest aircraft of World War II and was called “the greatest U.S. gamble of the war. […]