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The Blackbird - Lockheed nearly lost the spy plane race before it built a legend
The path to the Blackbird was anything but inevitable. After the hydrogen fueled Suntan project collapsed, Lockheed pushed ...
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The Blackbird - America’s spy plane race nearly went to Convair instead
The Blackbird grew out of Cold War panic that the U-2 would soon become too vulnerable to survive over the Soviet Union.
Image Credit: U.S.Air Force - Public Domain/Wiki Commons. Spy planes are the unsung legends of aviation, never the loudest, but often the most important. While most people rave about fighter jets and ...
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