Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird

The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was a 20th Century aircraft designed for aerial reconnaissance. The aircraft was known for operating at speeds high enough that it could evade enemy fire by simply accelerating.

In December of 2378, several fighters from the USS Winchester (NCC-68169) discovered by chance they could evade the firepower of an experimental Phased polaron beam by jumping to warp. Anna Ingrum compared the evasive maneuver to that of the SR-71, and found it ironic that the ship with the experimental weapon that they were evading had been nicknamed "Blackbird."