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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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lemonsorrel@lemonsorrel@lemmy.world
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Replying to @⁨Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works⁩

boomer nostalgia is a disease, and it isn’t more complicated than that

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chiliedogg@chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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Replying to @⁨lemonsorrel@lemmy.world⁩

While there’s truth there, the SR-71 still holds the records for highest sustained speed and altitude of any publicly-known air-breathing aircraft 60 years after they were adopted.

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