2026-09-29T23:49:02.914065Z

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Ilovethebomb@Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works

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NASA mysteriously trying to pull world’s fastest plane, SR-71 Blackbird, out of retirement — and won’t say why

Seeing Blackbird fly again after all these years would be incredible. I’d love to know what NASA has planned for it.

nypost.com/2026/09/29/us-news/us-quietly-sr-71-blackbird-out-of-retirement-and-wont-say-why/

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2026-10-01T01:09:20.348232Z

Rusty@Rusty@lemmy.ca

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Replying to @⁨Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works⁩

How can it be the fastest plane if it’s not even painted red?

2026-10-01T03:06:22.308141Z

adjectivenoun@adjectivenoun@lemmy.world

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Replying to @⁨Rusty@lemmy.ca⁩

They could have made it even faster with a coat of red paint, but engineers thought that would have pushed the materials past their limit, so they chose to leave it black.

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