Planes that Changed the World

SR71 Blackbird

 

How visionary geniuses from the top-secret Skunk Works, rewrote the rule-book to create a spy plane that was ‘all miracles’.  The SR71 Blackbird was the world’s first stealth spy plane, and the fastest, highest-flying manned airplane in the world.

 

This fascinating three-part series tells the stories of some of the most important aircraft ever to take to the skies.  Stories of human endeavour, told by the people who designed, built and flew the world’s most iconic aircraft.

 

Here, at the height of the Cold War, Skunkworks are on the brink of losing the CIA's contract to develop a stealth spyplane.