Compared with the Blackbird, they are hardly art at all.
And history the planes have become. However advanced they were, time and technology overtook them; in 1990, as satellites appropriated their mission, operational flights ended. Today's unmanned orbital droids may represent the state of the art. But compared with the Blackbird, they are hardly art at all.A quick look back at the legendary SR-71 Blackbird. [via kottke]