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In the 1960s, secrecy, ingenuity and cooperation resulted in a series of airplanes that were invulnerable missiles, because they could outrun them. The best video on YouTube about the SR71 and the rest of the Blackbird family, is #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs

Music:
Are You Ready Philip Ayers
Lead Farrell Wooten
Family Badass Rockin' For Decades
Flightmode Chris Shards
This Is Not It Philip Ayers
Hiding in the Shadows Experia
Stellar Minds DEX 1200
Cloak Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
What We Discovered Philip Ayers
Solve It Max Anson
There Is No Sequel Philip Ayers
Torpedo Tigerblood Jewel
One Last Drama Philip Ayers
Sidelined Dip Diet
Full Cycle Jon Sumner

Footage:
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Russian Ministry of Defense
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REFERENCES:
https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/736495main_B...
   • The Oxcart Story  Frank Murray  
https://roadrunnersinternationale.com...
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/rea... JET
https://permitbook.com/truckingcompa...
  / how_the_thennew_topsecret_sr71_was_transpo...  
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/art...
https://www.thesr71blackbird.com/Airc...
   • The Oxcart Story  Frank Murray  
https://wisconsinmetaltech.com/16sec...
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the...
https://www.quora.com/WhenwastheSR...
https://theaviationgeekclub.com/black...
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/project...
https://www.blackbirds.net/sr71/srloc...

00:00 What's inside the box?
1:33 The Blackbird Family
3:36 Play War Thunder
4:58 Why were the Blackbirds built?
6:38 The Blackbird's performance
9:30 The Engineering Challenges of the Blackbirds
13:11 The Engines that powered the Blackbirds
15:19 Why did the SR71 Blackbird leak fuel?
18:36 Blackbirds' missions and trolling other nations!
20:07 Why I couldn't pilot the Blackbird
21:43 Were any Blackbirds ever shot down?
22:51 What happened to the Blackbirds?
24:23 Play War Thunder