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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: What was the A-11?
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Date: 16 Oct 90 01:12:52 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: ccastjr@prism.gatech.edu (COOOooOoooooOOOOoOOoOOooKIE!!!!!)
>The A-11 was a CIA spy plane...

The Blackbird A-11 and A-12 proposals, the latter of which became real
(despite LBJ getting confused and identifying it as the former) were
Lockheed Skunk Works internal project numbers, not official USAF aircraft
designations.  It is just possible, though, that there was no official
A-11 because of possible confusion with the well-known Lockheed number.
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"...the i860 is a wonderful source     | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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