FLYING Classics: Lockheed Created 'the Impossible' SR-71 Bla

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.

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