What Happens When the Brakes Fail on an SR-71 Blackbird?
Trevor Filseth
SR-71 Blackbird,
While rain poses a certain danger for all planes—mainly because of decreased visibility—the storm had a particularly unfortunate effect on one SR-71, which was returning from a mission at the time and taxiing into a hangar.
The iconic SR-71 Blackbird served for more than three decades in the U.S. Air Force. First flying in 1964, the spy plane saw deployment all over the world, but its most important mission consisted of reconnaissance on the Soviet Union. Читать дальше...