The Coolest Remote Control Plane You’ll Ever See
From the archive: published Dec 27, 2009, 16 years ago. Details may have changed since.
Remote controlled aircraft aren’t usually considered to be that cool, but there’s a new player in town and it’s sure to win over some new fans.
Meet the remote controlled version of the famed Lockheed SR-71 “Blackbird,” which is fully powered by jets.
The video below shows the plane in flight; although it doesn’t reach the speeds of its original name sake, it’s still pretty fast and puts on quite a show: