Fascinating Pictures That Show How The SR-71 Was Built

Scientists at Lockheed's Skunk Works in Burbank developed the plane -this picture shows their assembly line

Daily Mail: How they built the Blackbird: Fascinating pictures show birth of Lockheed's top secret SR-71 spy plane - which is STILL the fastest plane ever built after 39 years



* Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was built in the 1960s by engineers in California

* Long-range strategic reconnaissance aircraft was made for US Air Force

* Classified pictures reveal how Lockheed built A, B and C versions of plane

* Held world record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft since 1976



WNU Editor: Life is funny. If you live long enough .... what was ultra top secret 40 years ago .... years later gets posted in The Daily Mail as a human interest story.