Ask someone to name the hottest aircraft ever. They would probably choose the Lockheed Blackbird, retired for a quarter-century. An iconic aircraft, it went Mach 3.2 and could cruise at 80,000 feet. It even looks hot, with two huge black engines, an elegant, all-black appearance and lines that still look futuristic.
“Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions—The Missing Chapters,” by Paul F. Crickmore, tells the airplane’s story in amazing depth with marvelous photography. It may be the most detailed history of the Blackbird ever written.
