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 Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 08:59 AM
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I have been browsing old Popular Science issues lately ( Google Books), and I have come across some early references to the A11, which actually seems to be the A12/SR71.
The April and May issues both discuss the it. In April they talk about it as proof that supersonic airliners are feasible. In May they actually show a photo of the engine area and they mention Kelly Johnson. However, in addition to calling it the A11, they refer to the "Skonk Works"
Their info seems to stem from a 1963 crash, which net references claim was pretty much hushed up -- I guess not so much. President Johnson apparently had released some information. They did try to sell the plane as an interceptor, but I guess that no one was buying that.
I didn't think that the story got out that early, but I guess that it did. |
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Posted: Aug 09, 2010 - 03:49 PM
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| A-11 was a civilian program designation. It was flown by the CIA, as opposed to the USAF that operated SR-71. |
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Posted: Aug 10, 2010 - 03:39 AM
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Salute!
Habu and Parrot are resident experts on the subject.
see: http://roadrunnersinternationale.com/
BTW, this is an old topic, so try search function.
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