When these images cropped out on the internet a few months ago, some knew the photos were a photoshop masterpiece, and the rest were skeptical, or believed this ‘claim’. A note to acclaimed aviator, Skip Holm was in order to validate the images and provide...
These jaw dropping images show how engineers in 1960s California discreetly developed the SR-71 Blackbird for the US Air Force – a plane which up till today still holds the record for being the fastest ever aircraft to fly. The aircraft had been built by American...
Construction of weapons is one of the world’s biggest industries, annually 1.735 trillion $US is spent on weapons over the globe. The biggest weapon companies are non-surprisingly situated in the US and Russia, two of the former Cold War enemies. Now, in 2014,...
The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing jet ever flown, was a masterpiece when it was introduced in 1966. But now, almost 50 years later, the creator of the Blackbird – Lockheed Martin’s Skunkworks – may be building the next-generation Blackbird....
The new Mikoyan interceptor The Russian military aircraft design bureau Mikoyan Gurevich has since the 1940’s been building many famous military aircraft, some of which were exceptionally fast. Two of these are the MiG-25 and the MiG-31, capable of speeds exceeding...
The fastest air-breathing Aircraft To start with – there is a nice video of (former) Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson explaining the fastest plane in the world – Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Airplanes. They come in many different shapes and sizes, materials...
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