Yes, there is a ton of interest in the SR-72 now that it likely will appear in the new Top Gun movie. However, could the SR-72 actually be an evolution of a rumored plane from years back, the SR-91? It’s an interesting parlor game in defense analyst circles to ponder airplanes that could have been champions in the air. Sometimes these aircraft are real head-scratchers and seem like good ideas but continue to be enigmatic. Such is the case with the SR-91 Aurora spy plane that presumably was developed in the 1990s but likely never made it past the drawing board.
Lets’ take a look at the Aurora, an airplane that might have changed the way we view ultra-fast reconnaissance airplanes.
SR-91: Could There Be Something Better Than SR-71 Blackbird?
Toward the end of the Cold War, during the Reagan era, the Pentagon was looking for something faster and cheaper to
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