Planes that Changed the World

SR71 Blackbird

 

How visionary geniuses from the top-secret Skunk Works, rewrote the rule-book to create a spy plane that was ‘all miracles’.  The SR71 Blackbird was the world’s first stealth spy plane, and the fastest, highest-flying manned airplane in the world.

 

These are stories of human endeavour, told by the people who designed, built and flew some of the world’s most iconic aircraft.

 

Here, pilot Bill Weaver's Blackbird spirals out of control at Mach 3.