Posted on 09/25/2026 4:32:01 PM PDT by Java4Jay
Steve Trimble, Aviation Week‘s defense editor and friend of TWZ, was first to report the disappearance of the former NASA SR-71
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I saw a video on YouTube today that said the SR-71 will do Mach 3.2
Of course it vanished. That’s what it’s supposed to do!
The SR-71 was developed in the 1960s as a black project by Lockheed’s Skunk Works division.
Prototypes gotta prototype.
The SR-71 was always way beyond being an everyday commercial property.
They are always the last place you look.
They are always the last place you look.
I did a search first, nothing showed up
It’s fast, but not that fast.
Kelly Johnson was the aeronautical Elon of his day,
a big giant among giants of the time ..
Pray for help from Saint Anthony.
Is it logged in?
JAMBOG!
An SR-71 Blackbird Has Vanished (Updated) The head of NASA just cryptically teased a new X-plane with an image that looked a lot like the iconic Blackbird. Now a very particular SR-71 is missing.
09/25/2026 6:06:24 AM PDT · by DUMBGRUNT · 48 replies
TWZ ^ | 24 Sept 2026 | Joseph Trevithick
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4396850/posts
Search function still works.
I still have a few “Last Places” to find.
It’s a problem....
It happens. No worries.🙂
Search function still works.
I searched titles, SR-71, nothing showed up
Where did Sad Sack park it ?
Like Jake Harpers game boy ?
Of course it has!
They finally engaged the Romulan cloaking device...
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