> Just to break the ice on the Blackbird technology, it was
> designed and flown in the late 50's not the 60's. At that present time
the U-2
> was flying spy mission.
True as the A-12, in the 60's it was redesignated SR-71. It original mission
was to deliver nukes to the USSR. After Gary Powers got wacked they switched
to the SR-71 for USSR flyovers. Unoffically the plane flew at Mach 7.0..
Greg
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Rahway NJ
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