New York to London in Less Than Two Hours
If flying from New York to London in less than two hours sounds like science fiction, read on. On September 1, 1974, U.S. Air Force pilot Major James V. Sullivan and reconnaissance systems officer Major Noel F. Widdifield flew an SR-71 Blackbird across the…
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