The Slow Demise of the CIA's A-12
Channel: The Vintage Space
Date: 2021-04-02

The companion blog to this episode is over at Medium: https://amyshirateitel.medium.com/the-slow-demise-of-the-cias-a-12-64980acc391?sk=583e20f11e6e9614ca36c7580fcd55c3

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I forgot to add the card of conversions at about the 2:30 mark, and I don't want to spend hours exporting another version, so here's that paragraph with other measurements!

"The U-2 was 63 feet long (19.20 meters) with a wingspan of 103 feet (31.3944 meters), had an operational altitude of 70,000 feet (21,336 meters) with a 2,000-mile range (3,218.68 kilometers), and a top speed around Mach 0.8. The A-12, by design, had an altitude of about 90,000 feet (27,432 meters), a top speed of Mach 3.2, and a range of 4,120 miles total (6,630.49 kilometers) or 3,800nm range at altitude (4372.96 miles or 7,037.6 kilometers). It was, in short, a significant improvement."

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Fighting for Space: https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Space-Pilots-Historic-Spaceflight/dp/1538716046/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1IJAO98ONQ2RC&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1600885903&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chais%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-3

Breaking the Chains of Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Chains-Gravity-Spaceflight-before/dp/1472911245/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IJAO98ONQ2RC&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1600885903&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chais%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-1

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The Full Cold War Aerial Espionage Series! 
Part 1: https://youtu.be/mUL0I3xbDS0
Part 2: https://youtu.be/bXY0m0_h8OY
Part 3: https://youtu.be/9nahCAS1HOg
Part 4: https://youtu.be/BqjlLe8-4E0
Part 5: https://youtu.be/OVQ-3JjjG20

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