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Lockheed's A-12 did NOT become the SR-71. Those are two different airplanes from the same design family.
Originally posted by Shadowhawk
Sorry, waynos. Maybe it is "irrelevant except in a detailed history of the type," but since I am writing just such a history I am a bit hypersensitive to that sort of detail.
It's true that the variants have many elements in common, but they are distinctly different aircraft. For another example, I would never say the YF-17 became the F/A-18A despite similarities between the two.
Originally posted by Canada_EH
I guess I want to heaer what ghost, waynos, shadowhawk, switchblade-all of you think about the way the goverment handled the A-12 program and should they of had more time and money for a plane the was pushing the limit or was an updated F-18 really the better option?
Originally posted by Canada_EH
I guess I want to heaer what ghost, waynos, shadowhawk, switchblade-all of you think about the way the goverment handled the A-12 program and should they of had more time and money for a plane the was pushing the limit or was an updated F-18 really the better option?