The SR-71 Blackbird’s Air Show Demo Was Both Sinister And Awkward

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The SR-71 Blackbird's Air Show Demo Was Both Sinister And Awkward

The SR-71, an aircraft that first flew some 50 years ago next Monday, still holds the public’s imagination like no other flying machine. It could lob a couple of guys, some cameras, radars and jammers through the air at Mach 3.2. Yet seeing it perform down-low at an air show was something akin to watching Darth Vader cook a turkey with force lightning then carve it with his lightsaber.

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