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To: VRWCmember

The Blackbird is an SR-71, not SR-72.


10 posted on 04/02/2014 6:23:34 AM PDT by Rider on the Rain
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To: Rider on the Rain
You are correct; the Blackbird was the SR71, a plane with a very interesting history.

And, as it turns out, the SR-72 will be a hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle in another 15 years or so.

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/features/2013/sr-72.html

16 posted on 04/02/2014 6:47:41 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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