﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:58:55 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>The SR-71 Blackbird</title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com:443/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/rss/4281</link><atom:link href="https://oneconnectiondev.com:443/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/rss/4281" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Could a Mig 25 or 31 Shoot Down an SR-71?]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/could-a-mig-25-or-31-shoot-down-an-sr-71</link><description><![CDATA[ Was the Mig-25 Foxbat and the upgrade Mig-31 Foxhound capable of intercepting an SR-71? This question comes up regularly at SR-71 symposiums and Blackbird speaker events throughout the U.S. To put ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2022 22:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/could-a-mig-25-or-31-shoot-down-an-sr-71</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-870]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71 Engine Unstart at 83,000 Feet]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-engine-unstart-at-83000-feet</link><description><![CDATA[ Summer 1984: the coldest part of the Cold War’s final years, when both sides were doing their best to keep tabs on each other. For the crew of SR-71 Blackbird No. 61-7974, flying at 83,000 feet off ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-engine-unstart-at-83000-feet</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-738]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[When an SR-71 Retracted It's Landing Gear - In It's Hanger!]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/when-an-sr-71-retracted-its-landing-gear-in-its-hanger</link><description><![CDATA[ In 1982 during maintenance procedures at Beale Air Force Base a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird that fell on its right wing during maintenance. 

 The SR-71 #964 was going through a routine maintenance ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jan 2020 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/when-an-sr-71-retracted-its-landing-gear-in-its-hanger</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-737]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Mach 3.5 Over Libya in an SR-71 Blackbird]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/mach-35-over-libya-in-an-sr-71-blackbird</link><description><![CDATA[ In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlin disco, President Reagan ordered the bombing of Muammar Qaddafi's terrorist camps in Libya. My duty was to fly over Libya and take ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/mach-35-over-libya-in-an-sr-71-blackbird</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-679]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[The Day a SR-71 Blackbird Drag Cute Door Came Off at Mach 1.5]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/the-day-a-sr-71-blackbird-drag-cute-door-came-off-at-mach-15</link><description><![CDATA[ In January 1984 a rare incident occurred when  the SR-71 Blackbird  drag chute doors opened inadvertently at high Mach, creating problems, as RSO Lt. Col. Curt Osterheld (Ret) explains in Col. ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/the-day-a-sr-71-blackbird-drag-cute-door-came-off-at-mach-15</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-673]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Crippled SR-71 Blackbird in Emergency Intercepted By Four Swedish Viggens After Violating Sweden’s Airspace]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/crippled-sr-71-blackbird-in-emergency-intercepted-by-four-swedish-viggens-after-violating-swedens-airspace</link><description><![CDATA[ November 29, 2018 

 David Cenciotti 
The Aviationist 

   

 During the 1980s, the U.S. flew regular SR-71 Blackbird aircraft reconnaissance missions in international waters over the Barents ...]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 00:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/crippled-sr-71-blackbird-in-emergency-intercepted-by-four-swedish-viggens-after-violating-swedens-airspace</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-644]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Audio - Sacramento Tower Flyby by an SR-71 Blackbird]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/audio-sacramento-tower-flyby-by-an-sr-71-blackbird</link><description><![CDATA[  Great story told by SR-71 Pilot Maury Rosenberg  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 18:33:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/audio-sacramento-tower-flyby-by-an-sr-71-blackbird</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-624]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[How the SR-71 Blackbird Got It's Name]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/how-the-sr-71-blackbird-got-its-name</link><description><![CDATA[ During the 1964 campaign, Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater repeatedly criticized President Lyndon B. Johnson and his administration for falling behind the Soviet Union in developing ...]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/how-the-sr-71-blackbird-got-its-name</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-797]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-speed-check-story</link><description><![CDATA[ There were a lot of things we couldn't do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this fact. People often asked us if, because of this fact, ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:36:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-speed-check-story</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-548]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Blackbird Historian]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[SR-71 Blackbird - The Slowest Flyby]]></title><link>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-the-slowest-flyby</link><description><![CDATA[ As a former SR-71 pilot, and a professional keynote speaker, the question I'm most often asked is "How fast would that SR-71 fly?" I can be assured of hearing that question several times at any ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>https://oneconnectiondev.com/sr71/Aircraft/Stories/sr-71-blackbird-the-slowest-flyby</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[cdbe4dc9-c5d6-41f4-9dc4-0a44772e08d2-549]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>