SR – 71 Titanium Blackbird: How to Fly the World’s Fastest Plane

The Lockheed SR-71 was a product of Lockheed’s Skunk Works, and was designed and built after the loss of a U-2 spy plane over the Soviet Union in 1960. The titanium Blackbird would fly even higher, and at speeds of Mach 3.3 it would be fast enough to outrun any missile.