Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
This legendary plane was the fastest jet ever created, with capabilities of flying at 3.5 Mach, which roughly translates to 2,685 miles per hour! These planes were built in secrecy, and it ended up that they were able to fly too high and too fast for even Russian missiles to shoot down. These planes can reach up to 85,000 feet, which isn’t quite considered to be space, but because of the high altitude, pilots had to wear spacesuits when they flew these planes! This plane retired in 1999.
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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