INTRODUCTION
DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
Project Suntan
Supersonic Gusto
Convair’s competitor
The final competition
Mayday
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
A thermal thicket
General layout
Engines
Hydraulics
Fuel system
Air Inlet Control System (AICS)
Stability Augmentation System
Inertial Navigation System (INS)
Mission sensors
Crew Survival Systems
A-12 PROJECTS AND VARIANTS
Mach 3 mothership: Project Tagboard and the M-21/D-21
Project Kedlock: the YF-12 interceptor
SR-71
OPERATIONAL HISTORY
Black Shield
North Korea
Oxcart closedown
NASA operations
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS