Letters From Our Readers, Nov. 9, 2026

NASA Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird carrying the Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment
Credit: NASA
In a Different Category Regarding the Check 6 podcast “The Case of the Missing Blackbird” (Sept. 25) on bringing an SR-71A back to life, here is a perspective based on the early days of the Lockheed Martin X-33 program in the 1990s, which was initially operated as part of the SR-71A group in...

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