‘Time Travel’: SR-71 Pilot Recalls Blackbird Flying So Fast It Landed at Beale AFB Almost Day Before Taking off From Kadena AB

‘Time Travel’: SR-71 Pilot Recalls Blackbird Flying So Fast It Landed at Beale AFB Almost Day Before Taking off From Kadena AB

Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest air-breathing aircraft ever built, famously “flew back in time” during trans-Pacific missions from Kadena to California. -Capable of sustained speeds exceeding Mach 3.2 at 85,000 feet, the titanium-hulled jet was never shot down. -However, the end of the Cold War and the rise of persistent […] The post ‘Time Travel’: SR-71 Pilot Recalls Blackbird Flying So Fast It Landed at Beale …