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>The venerable Cold War SR-71 Blackbird may be looking nervously at its laurels after Hermeus's latest Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 uncrewed prototype broke the sound barrier at Spaceport America over the White Sands Missile Range airspace in New Mexico in March 2026.
To this day, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds a number of air records, including the official world airspeed record for a crewed, air-breathing jet aircraft when it reached Mach 3.32 in 1976; the absolute altitude record for sustained horizontal flight; and speed over a closed 1,000-km (621-mile) course. Added to this, it also set time-and-distance records for flights between New York and London; London and Los Angeles; Los Angeles and Washington, DC; Kansas City and Washington, DC; and St. Louis and Cincinnati.
Archive: https://archive.today/4c1RU
From the post:
>>The venerable Cold War SR-71 Blackbird may be looking nervously at its laurels after Hermeus's latest Quarterhorse Mk 2.1 uncrewed prototype broke the sound barrier at Spaceport America over the White Sands Missile Range airspace in New Mexico in March 2026.
To this day, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds a number of air records, including the official world airspeed record for a crewed, air-breathing jet aircraft when it reached Mach 3.32 in 1976; the absolute altitude record for sustained horizontal flight; and speed over a closed 1,000-km (621-mile) course. Added to this, it also set time-and-distance records for flights between New York and London; London and Los Angeles; Los Angeles and Washington, DC; Kansas City and Washington, DC; and St. Louis and Cincinnati.
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