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Lockheed A-12 Blackbird

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Description

General characteristics

    Crew: 2 for trainer variant)
    Length: 100.6 ft (30.97 m)
    Wingspan: 62 ft (16.95 m)
    Height: 18.45 ft (5.62 m)
    Wing area: 1,795 ft² (170 m²)
    Empty weight: 54,600 lb (24,800 kg)
    Loaded weight: 124,600 lb (56,500 kg)
    Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney J58-1 afterburning turbojets, 32,500 lbf (144 kN) each
    Payload: 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) of reconnaissance sensors

Performance

    Maximum speed: Mach 3.35 (2,210 mph, 3,560 km/h) at 75,000 ft (23,000 m)
    Range: 2,200 nmi (2,500 mi, 4,000 km)
    Service ceiling: 95,000 ft (29,000 m)
    Rate of climb: 11,800 ft/min (60 m/s)
    Wing loading: 65 lb/ft² (320 kg/m²)
    Thrust/weight: 0.56

Armament
    Missiles: 3× Hughes AIM-47A air-to-air missiles located internally in fuselage bays

Avionics
    Hughes AN/ASG-18 look-down/shoot-down fire control radar

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MviluUatusun's avatar
I thought it was the YF-12 and the cousin to the SR-71.