Do you want to travel three times the speed of sound at 70,000 feet in the air? Only a handful of pilots have flown the high tech jet, The Blackbird.
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Speed Freaks: Blackbird
Do you want to travel three times the speed of sound at 70,000 feet in the air? Only a handful of pilots have flown the high tech jet, The Blackbird.
Added: Jun 7, 2006
Views: 10982 Views
Runtime: 00:58
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