Post by progressiveelement on Aug 13, 2019 16:53:25 GMT
Lockheed A-12 - built mainly for the CIA's use.
Lockheed YF-12 - a fighter prototype development of the A-12.
Lockheed M-21 - acted as a carrier for the D-21 recon drone.
Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
Lockheed SR-71B Blackbird - two-seat trainer version
Lockheed SR-71C Blackbird, only one ever built, aka "The Bastard" - they salvaged the back half of a wrecked YF-12, and slapped on the front of a static test SR-71, and the result was a slightly wonky Blackbird that tended to yaw at supersonic speeds.
Black birds were guides to death and the nether world according to Japanese culture. Here I am showing the suicide scene from "Madama Butterfly".