>>47514923Have some comfy Blackbird stories
Also, yes, it was very expensive to run.
Rumour goes had panel gaps (on the ground) to account for the considerable heat expansion - which caused it to leak, constantly when not flying.
Fun facts: the Blackbird has a lot of titanium in its construction. When it was being built the largest sources of titanium were all russian. The CIA set up some shell companies to buy russian titanium for the blackbird.
