not even the F-15 Eagle – the fastest fighter in American history with an unmatched modern air combat record of 104 wins and zero losses – could touch the legendary Blackbird. PITTING THE SR-7 ...

Wallace Stevens in "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" writes of the blackbird’s eye movemen, of being "of three minds as are three blackbirds," of enjoying "the small part of a [blackbird’s] ...