Posts Tagged ‘SR-71 Blackbird’
 

 

Last Flight of the SR-71 Blackbird: October 9 in Aviation History

The SR-71 Blackbird makes its final flight, Clement Ader flies the world's first powered airplane, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff
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Rendering of a Qatar Airways Airbus A350XWB. (Image by Fixion/Airbus)

Today in Aviation History: February 27th

Qatar Airways gives Airbus an ultimatum over A350 design, a Ryanair crew has difficulty evacuating a plane, Lockheed Skunk Works engineer Kelly Johnson is born, and more...
by NYCAviation Staff
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On This Day in Aviation History: December 22nd

A failed shoe-bombing attempt on an American Airlines flight, the first flights of the Dassault Mirage F1, the Northrop HL-10, the SR-71 Blackbird and the Tupolev ANT-6, and more...
by Phil Derner Jr.

 

 

On This Day in Aviation History: March 6th

Hooters Air begins operations, the crash of Air Algerie Flight 6239, a transcontinental speed record set by an SR-71, Japan flies the world’s heaviest passenger, a Sikorsky Sea King sets a distance record and more!
by Phil Derner Jr.
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