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    Lockheed L-7000 Hypersonic Concept - October 1959

    I was given the following years ago by Joe Jones. Since this forum appreciates older design concepts, I thought I would post it. The caption behind the press photo (attached here) says: "NEWSBUREAU LOCKHEED, BURBANK TR 7-2711, EXT 1815 FOR RELEASE...
  2. hesham

    Lockheed XST Evolution

    Hi, http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread199681/pg1
    • hesham
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    • 1970s air force systems command cold war defense advanced research projects agency experimental survivable testbed lockheed united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. Antonio

    Lockheed SRA (Small Rigid Airship)

    Small Rigid Airship. Pic taken from a Spanish clone of Popular Mechanics, 1984. No info available.
  4. flateric

    USAF ASD 1986 FUTURE STRATEGIC AERONAUTICAL MISSION ANALYSIS

    [1986]...mission analysis that was conducted by a large number of Air Force and industry organizations. The purpose was to formulate and understand the alternatives for future strategic aeronautical weapon systems and identify promising system concepts to follow those currently in the inventory...
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    • aeronautical systems division air force systems command boeing cold war hypersonic late 1980s lockheed mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield rockwell international rockwell space transportation systems division space weapons strategic air command strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance supersonic tactical nuke united states united states air force world war iii
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. B

    Lockheed XH-51A

    From Helicopter World 1965.
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    Lockheed F-12B

    Does anyone have a drawing(s) of the F-12B interceptor as it would have appeared in its final form? KJ_Lesnick
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    • aerospace defense command air defence air defense command cold war interceptor interceptors late 1960s lockheed skunk works strategic defence united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. flateric

    Lockheed/General Dynamics/Boeing YF-22A

    Screen capture with rare view of YF-22NX (second, PW F-119 equipped prototype) with nose cone removed, towed from hangar after cosmetiс restoration of airframe, damaged by PIO crash in April 1992.
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    • air force systems command boeing cold war early 1990s general dynamics late 1980s lockheed post-cold war tactical air command
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. Maki

    NATF: planned Navy versions of the F-22 and F-23

    I was wondering if anybody knows anything more about the NATF & pre-NATF Tomcat replacement proposals.The only one i know about is the Lockheed swing-wing NATF proposal that is based on the F-22.I've read that they chose swing-wings because it was the easiest way to offer F-22 performance and to...
  9. P

    Air launched Polaris and Pershing missiles

    BSP4 mentions proposals for air-launched versions of the Polaris and Pershing missiles for use on RAF Vulcans, does anyone have any performance estimates for these and how would they have compared to Skybolt?
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    • albm british aircraft corporation cold war great britain lockheed lockheed missiles and space company martin marietta martin marietta corporation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic air command united kingdom united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. flateric

    Lockheed 1983 study based on highly mutato, JT-69 2D TVC engined YF-12

    <...A study was conducted to determinehhe impact of integrated flight, inlet, and engine control system architectures on system effectiveness (safety, mission reliability, maintainability, dispatchability, and availability) and life cycle cost (LCC). The aircraft is a modified Lockheed YF-12...
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    • air defence cold war early 1980s interceptor lockheed pratt & whitney supersonic united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  11. flateric

    Lockheed pre-ATF & ATF studies

    "Clearly, ATF was going to be superstealth and not a cousin of YF-12 or SR-71," explains Osborne. "I stopped the YF-12 derivative effort, and we started working on an F-117 derivative for ATF." The design submitted in the Lockheed proposal looked like a larger and elongated F-117 with some...
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced tactical fighter air defence air-to-ground battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighters lockheed nuclear battlefield stealth supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  12. flateric

    Lockheed ADP/NASA Langley 1990 Mach 4 - Mach 5 methane fueled aircraft studies

    AlAA 90-2151 Airframe/Propulsion Integration of Supersonic Cruise Vehicles J. Anderson Lockheed Advanced Development Projects Burbank, CA "...A system performance study was conducted by the Lockheed Advanced Development Projects (ADP) organization under a subcontract to Pratt & Whitney in...
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    Lockheed SR-71 / YF-12 Blackbird

    Just wondering if anyone knows what the tested maximum altitude and speed of the A-12/SR71 was? I contacted the USAF recently and they simply stuck to the published figures saying it flew at 85,000ft and could reach Mach 3.3. This doesn't seem to make sense as variants of the F-4, F-104 and...
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    • air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war elint interceptor lockheed nuclear battlefield photo-recce post-cold war remote sensing sr-71 strategic air command strategic defence strategic reconnaissance supersonic united states united states air force vietnam war world war iii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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    1980s US intercontinental cruise missile (& ATCM program)

    I'm looking for information about a little-publicized US program in the mid-to-late 1980s for an intercontinental cruise missile. It was intended to have a 6000 nm range, Lockheed, Boeing, and General Dynamics were the candidate contractors, and three designs (subsonic, supersonic, and...
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    Lockheed jet tanker

    I asked on the warships1 board whether the USAF had looked at a tanker version of the DC-8 in case there were problems with the KC135 and got a reply back saying that Lockheed had proposed a jet tanker that was apparently the favourite at one time. The USAF bought the KC-135 purely as a...
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    • cold war in-flight refueling tanker lockheed nuclear powered aircraft post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. overscan (PaulMM)

    Lockheed SR-71/YF-12 Blackbirds (Dennis R. Jenkins)

    Lockheed SR-71/YF-12 Blackbirds Excellent volume in the Warbird Tech series, good solid information from a good author. Recommended. ****
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    • 1960s 1970s 1980s air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war interceptor lockheed skunk works strategic air command strategic defence strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  17. overscan (PaulMM)

    Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions (Paul F Crickmore)

    Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions A classic book, full of fascinating details about the design and operations of the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, with good material on peripheral matters like Soviet MiG-25 and MiG-31 and Swedish JA-37 interceptions. <a...
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    • central intelligence agency cold war great britain interceptor interceptors kingdom of sweden lockheed north atlantic treaty organisation royal air force royal swedish air force skunk works soviet air defence forces soviet union strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states united states air force v-pvo vietnam war
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  18. boxkite

    Civil version of C-5

    I'm looking for more information on ideas of a passenger version of the C-5A. Was it the L-500? Or was the L-500 a civil cargo freighter? The internal arrangement was shown in "Der Flieger" 1/1966.
  19. overscan (PaulMM)

    Lockheed CL-1200 / X-27 Lancer

    Air Enthusiast, September 1971
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    • cold war ifa international fighter aircraft lancer lightweight fighter lockheed lwf north atlantic treaty organisation skunk works tactical air command united states air force western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. overscan (PaulMM)

    AAH Competition (AH-64 rivals)

    1972 US Army AAH Program : Competition for the Advanced Attack Helicopter was between the Hughes Model 77 (YAH-64) and the Bell 409 (YAH-63). Other contenders were the Boeing Vertol AAH and the Lockheed CL-1700, a Cheyenne derivative. The Hughes Model 77 was selected and designated the AH-64...
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