This Day in 1964
SR-71 Makes Its First Flight
Company pilot Bob Gilliland makes the first flight of the Lockheed SR-71A "Blackbird" strategic reconnaissance aircraft from Palmdale, Calif. He takes the aircraft to an altitude exceeding 45,000 feet and a speed of more than 1,000 miles per hour on the flight.


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