Guided tour around the only Blackbird Interceptor in the world - the Lockheed YF-12A

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Join me in this detailed tour around the only Lockheed Skunkworks YF12A Blackbird that was an A-12 based Cold War Interceptor. The production F-12B was ordered but cancelled before production begun. Three were made and two were destroyed so this is the last one and on display at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton Ohio.
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0:00 intro
0:35 background
1:10 the nose, Hughes AN/ASG-18, chines
3:20 nosewheel
3:45 storage holds for AIM-47 Falcon missiles
5:25 Pratt & Whitney J58 (JTD11D-20A) afterburning turbojet with compressor bleed bypass, 20,500 lbf (91 kN) thrust each dry, 31,500 lbf (140 kN) with afterburner
6:56 tail end and unique fins
7:44 titanium triangles to reduce radar return
8:29 afterburner and tertiary doors
8:56 two tail fins
9:25 larger central ventral fin
9:47 USAF logos
10:07 main landing gear
10:50 panel gaps and aerodynamic heating, JP-7 fuel and TEB
13:16 starter motor AG330 startcart
13:34 cockpit and fire control officer seat
14:15 M-61 gun
14:26 record breaking flights
15:05 YF-12 fleet
15:19 SR-71C
16:15 mach 6.4 radar testing
16:42 top secret
17:04 bomber B-12 plan
17:22 test pods
17:28 F-12B order and cancellation