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NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why (nypost.com)
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Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I'd love to know what NASA has planned for it.

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[–] [S] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

Blackbird didn't overly the USSR. The U2 did, and they learned the hard way that Soviet missiles went a lot higher than anyone thought.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    Good point - I’m probably remembering fiction, but also Soviet Union attempting to target the aircraft

    …. And we have the incidents of overflying Swedish airspace, and I think Danish

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