It could have been... The Lockheed Blackbird that wasn't!

[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]

Hi,

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