The thrill of flying the SR-71 Blackbird
I can tell you about the SR-71 Blackbird’s titanium frame, its Pratt&Whitney J58-P4 engines, or its genesis. But that’s not important. What really matters is the thrill of flying it in an extremely dangerous mission, as remembered by this pilot.—JD In April 1986, following an attack on American soldiers in a Berlin disco, President Reagan…
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Brian Shul
How Will Search & Rescue Work If A Plane Goes Down in the Arctic?
It has been nearly a month since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from radar, and its ultimate whereabouts remain unclear. The complex international effort of searching for the plane in a remote stretch of the South Indian Ocean raises the question of what would happen if a plane were to go down in the Arctic:…
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Mia Bennett
