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The Lockheed A-12 is a retired high-altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft built for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) by Lockheed's Skunk Works, based on the designs of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson. The aircraft was designated A-12, the twelfth in a series of internal design efforts for "Archangel", the aircraft's internal ...
Details of the work on the model and the history of the aircraft were featured on the National Geographic Channel's documentary, Hitler's Stealth Fighter. Other aircraft in this portion of the museum include a Stearman N2S-3 Kaydet , North American P-51D Mustang , Douglas C-47 Skytrain (DC-3) Nose and Cockpit section, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14 ...
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy.
The "Electra Junior" name did not catch on in the way that the original Electra's name had. Most users simply referred to the aircraft by its model number, as the Lockheed 12. [3] The original Lockheed 12 version, with Wasp Junior engines, was the Model 12A. [4] Almost every Lockheed 12 built was a 12A or derived from the 12A.
The Pratt & Whitney J58 (company designation JT11D-20) is an American jet engine that powered the Lockheed A-12, and subsequently the YF-12 and the SR-71 aircraft. It was an afterburning turbojet engine with a unique compressor bleed to the afterburner that gave increased thrust at high speeds.
The General Dynamics/McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II was a proposed American attack aircraft from General Dynamics and McDonnell Douglas. It was to be an all-weather, carrier-based stealth bomber replacement for the Grumman A-6 Intruder in the United States Navy and Marine Corps .
A-12 Shrike, a World War 2–era American attack aircraft; Abrial A-12 Bagoas, a French experimental glider of the 1930s; Aero A.12, a Czechoslovak light bomber built after World War I; Lockheed A-12, codenamed Oxcart, a high-altitude, high-speed reconnaissance aircraft, manufactured for the CIA
The world's first jet airliner. [37] First flew 1949, in production 1952 to 1964. This is currently stored at their restoration center at Paine Field in Everett. Lockheed D-21 unmanned reconnaissance drone, displayed mounted on the M-21 Lockheed M-21 the sole surviving M-21 [38] a variant of the Lockheed A-12. [15] Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird