It is widely known that the SR-71 Blackbird is the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft to ever take to the skies, with the plane able to exceed speeds far beyond Mach 2. The aircraft, which was ...

The J58 engine was both miracle and menace, a hybrid that functioned as a turbojet, a ramjet, and a furnace. This episode examines how Lockheed and Pratt & Whitney tamed titanium heat, perfected ...