The aircraft Lockheed built that was so fast even the pilots who flew it don't fully understand how it worked

The black magic inside the SR-71.
The National Interest

Amazing Video Demonstrates the Power of the SR-71 Blackbird's Engines

The J58 required the use of a special AG330 engine starter cart to spool the engines up to the proper rotational speed for starting. Taken at Beale Air Force Base (AFB) in 1986, the impressive video ...
The National Interest

Can't Touch This: The Secret Reason the SR-71 Spy Plane Set Speed

At the speeds the SR-71 operated, surface temperatures were extremely high due to aerodynamic heating: 800 degrees at the nose, 1,200 degrees on the engine cowlings, 620 degrees on the cockpit ...
Aviation Week

Pratt & Whitney inducted into Blackbird Laurels Society

INDUCTED: Engine maker Pratt & Whitney has been inducted into the Blackbird Laurels Society to recognize its contributions to the U.S. Air Force's SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft. Two P&W J58 ...
Flightglobal

DoD adds zest to NASA turbine plans

Growing US Department of Defense (DoD) interest in a high-speed, long-range strike aircraft is spurring NASA plans to test a turbine powerplant capable of up to Mach 5. The last high-speed US turbine ...