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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Condor
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 90 00:32:46 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>From: megazone@wpi.WPI.EDU (MEGAZONE 23)
>P.S. I have seen both A-11 and A-12 for the Blackbird, and have seen both
>argued as correct by different authors. Which is correct? 

A-12 appears to have been the correct Lockheed internal project number.
For a long time the public understanding was that it was A-11; this may
have been some sort of disinformation, or it may have been yet another
of LBJ's verbal typos.  Neither is an official USAF designation, since
the A-12's were CIA aircraft.  ("Blackbird" is the closest there is to
a generic name for all three types:  "A-12", YF-12, and SR-71.)
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