On August 7, 1963, the first Lockheed YF-12A interceptor, sn/ 60-6934, took off from a top-secret air base at Groom Lake, Nevada, on its first flight. Lockheed test pilot James D. Eastham was at the […]
Since his other posts received such a warm welcome, we thought our readers might enjoy another warbird profile from our good friend Randy Malmstrom. As we mentioned before, Randy has long held a passion for aviation […]
by Bryan R. Swopes of This Day in Aviation On September 1, 1974, Major James V. Sullivan, USAF, Pilot and Major Noel F. Widdifield, USAF, Reconnaissance Systems Officer, set a Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) World […]
In a follow-up to our first article from F-14 Tomcat RIO and TOPGUN instructor Dave “Bio” Baranek this past May, we thought our readers might enjoy this story about his experiences on a TOPGUN training […]
The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington is holding a special event on the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird over the weekend of September 14th/15th featuring more than two dozen personnel involved in flying and maintaining them. […]
At the end of November last year, details of a fascinating cold war mission involving the SR-71 Blackbird came to light, a mission which had remained classified until 2017. The story dates back to the […]
PRESS RELEASE – Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Les Dyer will share an inside look at what it was like to pilot the world’s fastest, highest-flying manned aircraft, the SR-71, when he speaks at […]
By Lockheed Martin‘s count, this year marks the 70th anniversary of its secretive yet famous Skunk Works division, though some credibly argue that its genesis began with the 1938 development of the XP-38 that led […]
In his book, “Sled Driver,” SR-71/Blackbird pilot Brian Shul writes: I’ll always remember a certain radio exchange that occurred one day as Walt (my back-seater) and I were screaming across Southern California 13 miles high. […]
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