You can read anything you want about the SR-71, but nothing compares to actually seeing it in person. It is my single favorite engineered object.
It's in the Dulles Air and Space museum. Go see it, if you can. You won't regret it.
It's in the Dulles Air and Space museum. Go see it, if you can. You won't regret it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird#Accid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_A-12#Fate_of_the_A-12...
It's amazing how large of a vehicle it is in person. It's got to be twice the size of the F18 in front of the science center. It still looks like a spacecraft from the future even though it's nearly 70 years old.