First media attempts to draw Lockheed A-11 / YF-12

[Stargazer]

This is a clipping from a 1960s magazine, presumably Flying Review, which presented six artist's visions published in other magazines of what the Lockheed Blackbird might look like...

 

[Orionblamblam]

The early impressions usually got the side views right but the plan views horribly wrong because the first images that were made public were ground-level photos from the side.

 

[Avimimus]

Interesting - I actually forgot what it looks like by the end of studying all the drawings in sequence.

 

[OM]

The early impressions usually got the side views right but the plan views horribly wrong because the first images that were made public were ground-level photos from the side.

...Still, gotta give Interavia props for coming closer to the A-12 than the others did.

 

[hesham]

From Flying Review 12/1964,


here are early drawings for Lockheed YF-12A fighter, from many magazines.

 

[hesham]

Re: Early imagine for Lockheed YF-12A from many Magazines

And

 

[LowObservable]

Re: Early imagine for Lockheed YF-12A from many Magazines

Score one for the Geneva team, and a pox and murrain on the w***kers who finally destroyed that organization.

What was AW&ST thinking with version 2? They must have been talking to Slick Goodlin.

Nobody got the canted tails, though. I have that issue of FRI in my storage unit, including words to the effect that "statements that 'the A-11 is made entirely of titanium' are patently false". Woopsers.

 

[blackkite]

Dr. Hidemasa Kimura(木村秀政, YS-11, A-26, Kokenki and Kawanishi TB designer) said in AIREVIEW magazin's discussion(1964) seeing AIREVIEW's YF-12A 3 side view by famous Kikuo Hashimoto(橋本喜久男), that "Flight 3 side view is good. Thick wing is very draggy at Mach3."
Kikuo Hashimoto thought the possibility of wing conical camber(コニカル・キャンバ).
Dr.Hidemasa Kimura also said about the superiority of Lockheed L-2000 SST in this discussion.

I think that INTERAVIA's one is excellent except left and light engine interval.
Engine interval of Flight plan view is good. I want to see Flight 3 side view. Please anyone show us.
No one expected the stealthy inclined vertical tail stabilizer.

Bottom picture is SR-71 front view. You can see wing conical camber.

 

[blackkite]

What is this?

http://smm.solidmodelmemories.net/Gallery/displayimage.php?pid=2342

 

[blackkite]

All artistic impressions were made based on only side view pictures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGxLbqnDKJU

 

[blackkite]

What is this magazine? Popular science magazine?

 

[jstar]

It does say "Popular Science May 1964" in the corner.

 

[blackkite]

Oh thanks. What is Popular Science magazine?

 

[Arjen]

Oh thanks. What is Popular Science magazine?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Science
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9

 

[blackkite]

Thanks a lot.

 

[Steve Pace]

Does anyone have a high res of this? Thanks in advance. -SP

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19640316/40/2

 

[blackkite]

Hi!

https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964 - 0652.PDF

 

[blackkite]

Hi! AIR FORCE magazine.
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3660/6a1fcbeb2db25da80087f2e13a3a9aa0d2b1.pdf

 

[hesham]

A good article about Lockheed A-11 or YF-12, with two new drawings.

 

[Schneiderman]

Two drawings, yes, but that is a bit misleading. They are drawings produced by the British Air Ministry based on intelligence reports and observations by RAF officers. it is an excellent article but don't expect any new Skunk Works drawings.

 

[flateric]

poppury from Air Pictorial

 

[flateric]

...

 

[flateric]

AWST

 

[flateric]

Lindberg was fast and wrong. Wish I could get one...

 

[Orionblamblam]

Lindberg was fast and wrong. Wish I could get one...

There are five of 'em on ebay just now. The cheapest has a "buy it now" of $8.99, so just fire up your nearest convenient payment processor, and there ya go...

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Not many convenient payment processors currently available for members in Russia.

 

[publiusr]

I wonder if some of that guesswork art would have been better…

 

[flateric]

till...

 

[Dew]

Better version of cover artwork from Post #18 : Artwork: "A-11", Artist: Gordon Phillips. US Air Force Art Collection
from "Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982–2007" via NARA

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19640316/40/2

The page.