Originally Posted by
beardy
And then there was the Project Eclipse
Project Eclipse
The F106 was considered rugged enough to be used in a sub orbital environment. There is video of the towing trials
Well there you go.
You learn sumfing everyday.
As late as the late 90's...
The gap between the YF-12 / D-21 - SR-71 and the space shuttle was clearly full of some very interesting ideas - some of which still haven't seen the light of day.
I seem to remember a story from somewhere about a very interesting evolutionary chart, which is quite an eye opener, on the wall of a corridor or room at the Skunk Works.