SST Concepts

FIGURE 1 Lockheed’s first supersonic transport (SST) design of 1956-58.

FIGURE 2 SST concept of the late-1950s.

Code One, Volume 24, Number 2, 2009

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T-50 Golden Eagle

Code One, Volume 24, Number 2, 2009

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Lockheed Concept

A Lockheed concept for the advanced tactical fighter (ATF) aircraft.

Lockheed Horizons, Number 17, February 1985

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Advanced Tactical Fighter

A Lockheed concept for the advanced tactical fighter (ATF) aircraft.

Lockheed Horizons, Number 18, June 1985

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1968

Artist’s concept of the pre-Shuttle Lockheed-sponsored Star Clipper stage-and-one-half lifting body configuration ascending from a desert launching base – circa 1968.

Lockheed Horizons, Number 13, 1983

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Lockheed Conceptual Design

Lockheed Horizons, Number 14, 1983

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Lockheed Horizons, September 1987

Lockheed Horizons, Number 24, September 1987

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F-2 Self-Defense Fighter

Code One, Volume 24, Number 2, 2009

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Orbital Vehicle

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LS-200-5

Final evolution of the Lockheed LS-200-5 lifting body stage-and-one-half configuration under NASA Space Shuttle Alternate Concepts contracts in December 1970.

Lockheed Horizons, Number 13, 1983

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