One of the most fascinating aircraft in the eVTOL space has moved into flight testing with a new large-scale prototype.

A VTOL prototype called BlackBird flew for the first time powered by a total of six CycloRotors, a new tech that gives aircraft incredible capabilities.

The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built, faced numerous hidden challenges during its career. Engineers discovered ...

The SR-71 “Blackbird” broke the world’s record for sustained altitude in horizontal flight in 1976 when it flew at Mach 3.3 (times the speed of sound). As of 2025, no fighter or proposed ...

Austria’s CycloTech has completed the first flight of its BlackBird cycloidal-rotor electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing ...

but it was literally true of the SR-71 Blackbird, the sleek, stealthy Air Force spy plane taken up for its first test flight 50 years ago on December 22, 1964. Created by Lockheed’s legendary ...

A Blackbird takes off from Beale AFB. The SR-71 was the last major aircraft designed with a slide rule. When Bob Gilliland made the first flight of the SR-71 on December 22, 1964, engineers were ...

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