Convair Kingfish

Convair Kingfish je bil visokohitrostno izvidniško letalo, ki ga je predlagal ameriški Convair na razpisu "Oxcart". Na koncu je bil izbran njegov konkurent Lockheed A-12 - ki se je pozneje razvil v Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. Kingfish naj bi bil precej bolj sposoben od Lockheed U-2, katerega naj bi ga zamenjal.

Kingfish
Dizajn Kingfish (Julija 1959)
Vloga	Visokohitrostno izvidniško letalo
Izvor	USAF
Proizvajalec/-ci	Convair
Status	Preklican
Glavni uporabnik	Central Intelligence Agency
Število izdelanih	0

V projektu Gusto so predvidevali potovalno hitrost okrog Mach 4, vendar so jo potem zmanjšali na okrog 3,2 - kar bi omogočalo večji dolet. Kingfish bi uporabljal tudi stealth - tehnologijo manjše radarske opaznosti.

Glej tudi

• Lockheed A-12
• Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
• Projekt Isinglass
• Tsibin RSR

Reference

Bibliografija

• "KINGFISH Summary Report." Convair, PF-0-104M, 1959.
• Lovick, Edward, Jr. Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth. New York: iUniverse, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4502-4804-4.
• McIninch, Thomas. "The Oxcart Story." Arhivirano 2013-10-04 na Wayback Machine. Studies in Intelligence, Issue 15, Winter 1971 (Released: 6 May 2007). Retrieved: 10 July 2009.
• Merlin, Peter W. From Archangel to Senior Crown: Design and Development of the Blackbird. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 2008. ISBN 978-1-56347-933-5.
• Pedlow, Gregory W. and Welzenbach, Donald E. "Chapter 6: The U-2's Intended Successor: Project Oxcart, 1956-1968." The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954 - 1974. Washington, D.C.: Central Intelligence Agency, 1992. Retrieved: 2 April 2009.
• Scott, Jeff. "Convair Super Hustler, Fish & Kingfish." Aerospaceweb Question of the Week, 31 December 2006.
• Suhler, Paul A. From RAINBOW to GUSTO: Stealth and the Design of the Lockheed Blackbird. Reston, Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2009. ISBN 1-60086-712-X.
• "Super Hustler: A New Approach to the Manned Strategic Bombing-Reconnaissance Problem." Convair, FMZ-1200-20, 26 May 1958.
• "Super Hustler SRD-17: TAC Bomber Studies." Convair, FZM-1556B, 27 April 1960.

Zunanje povezave

• Hehs, Eric: Super Hustler, FISH, Kingfish, And Beyond codeonemagazine.com.

(Part 1: Super Hustler) - (Part 2: FISH) - (Part 3: Kingfish) - (Part 4: Beyond Kingfish)