Following the loss of a U-2 reconnaissance aircraft over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, Lockheed needed “to build the impossible and do it fast.” Called the SR-71 SR for Strategic Reconnaissance it first flew on December 22, 1964.
The most likely, but unstated, reason for the decline in faith in see-and-avoid is the new availability of electronic systems for presenting traffic information in the cockpit.
After a two-year absence due to COVID-19 concerns, the Heimdal Science Fiction charity auction is resuming in downtown Lynchburg. Proceeds will sponsor donations to nine charities, and send a local