
SR-71 in flight over Rogers Dry Lakebed.

SR-71B Mach 3 trainer in flight at sunset.

The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket dropped away from NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft over…

Pathfinder returning to a hangar at Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

SR-71 taxi on ramp with engines.

The third X-43A hypersonic research aircraft and its modified Pegasus booster rocket accelerated after launch from NASA’s B-52B launch aircraft…

SR-71 research pilot Ed Schneider in front of an SR-71 Blackbird on the ramp at the Dryden Flight Research Center,…

Three SR-71s on ramp.

NASA’s historic B-52 mothership carried the X-43A and its Pegasus booster rocket on a captive-carry flight from Edwards Air Force…

NASA’s B-52B mothership, escorted by two F-18s, made a final flyover after its last research mission that launched the X-43A…