@alexhollings52: The SR-71’s reported top speed was Mach 3.3, but it definitely flew faster than that… and now, NASA may be aiming to push it all the way to Mach 4. #airforce #military #Tech #aviation #usmilitary

mach0.935 :

I’m hoping that you could clear up something for me. At 70,000 feet where this aircraft is capable of flying, the outside air temperature is approximately -70°F. So why is there a cooling problem?

j :

no freaking way we get a scramjet blackbird before gta 6😭

DeeDog123 :

It’s getting VTEC Yo!

Apple User422884965 :

The SR-71 is being used to test the new engines. Why design and build an entire new airframe when you already have one sitting there. It’s the only theory that makes sense.

The_Fabricator :

And come to think we built this bad bitch on paper not a computer paper.

Pi767lot :

If they do I think they should invite all of us who was fortunate enough to be in the SR-71 program to the first flight. I’m 77 and I would love to see it fly just one more time.

Spencer Mills :

Hypothetically, if you caught a mosquito to the face at mach 3.5, would you still have a head?

TicTodd :

The problem with the J58s was the bypass tubes. They served their purpose at the time but a far more efficient circumferential bypass system could easily be designed today. The inlet shockwave is a far easier problem to solve.

thomas :

...that would be freeking cool imagine an SR 71 fly by at airshows..oh id travel for that.

000 :

There is zero credible evidence that they are trying to return it to flying condition. Also, the JP-7 fuel production equipment was destroyed back in the late 90s.

Lucifer_666 :

cheaper to use a new gen engine in a old frame then to build a brand new from the ground up, any car guy knows that

toddreynolds585 :

they are using the sr-71 as a test platform

user414492673358 :

I knew Maverick wasn’t going to retire 😎

Travis Harding :

I drive past an SR-71 every day at the museum located at the former Castle Air Force Base. It would be so rad to find it “missing” one day😏

MBaiz16 :

This would be incredible and worth every penny.

epaulter :

That thing is still the coolest looking jet ever built.

Royston Munn :

Could she be being fitted with a hybrid ram jet/scram jet engines to go for records…

HDScorpio :

I don't know what they have been sending up but it's been noisy this week 🤣

trikhster :

Denis Thornton :

Very exciting. Jared Isaacman is a visionary, Kelly Johnson was a genius.

dave9891 :

NEED to see this happen!

◇Trey◇ :

When they announced the "missing" blackbird from the hanger I had a theory that they were gonna test new engines on it. The real question i have is are they gonna use these new engines on the new x plane that's being developed? The Sr-71 is definitely a testbed aircraft and the fact it's the A version is gonna be the best thing to happen in recent times

Satan :

there really is no purpose for this though. am I wrong? what are the benefits of this compared to satellite intelligence?

Tusk Grabber :

It’s too expensive to make it fly worthy. We don’t make the replacement parts.

🐥 :

Did he say blackbird drivers?