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    BLACKBIRD PREDECESSORS

    Oct 30, 2018 3 minutes

    As a subscriber to Aviation History for some time, I have always looked forward to each issue, and the September 2018 edition was no exception. The cover image of a Lockheed SR-71 is outstanding—a beautiful photo—but the words “Birth of the Blackbird” and the related article fall far short in describing the full story of the airplane’s birth, as they overlook the SR-71 predecessors, the A-11 and A-12 [above]. >

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