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The fastest jet plane ever built, the SR-71 Blackbird, is a famous and widely renowned aircraft. It is a long-range, strategic reconnaissance plane, which descended from the A-12 and YF-12A aircraft. It is widely known for its record breaking speed, of Mach 3.3, reached on July 28, 1976. It even completed a trip from California to Washington D.C. in only an hour and four minutes.Â
While being retired from Air Force use in 1990, it continued for 9 more years being used by NASA for aeronautical testing and engineering. Once it flew its final flight in 1999, the Blackbird was stored away, in muesums, or in hangars, all across America.
Recently, the SR-71 known as Tail 844 has dissapeared from the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center according to satellite imagery. Many speculated on what that could mean, including moving to a museum, under a hangar, or being renovated and flown again. Recently, Jared Issacman, Administrator of NASA, has proposed a new X-Plane idea, with the silhouette of a SR-71 in the background. This stirred up many conversations about the possible return of the fastest flying jet.
In addition, NASA has contacted former SR-71 operators and engineers about returnig to work on the aircraft. All of these factors is pointing at a return of the iconic American aircraft.
More updates will follow as increased confirmation and announcements arrive.
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