BIBLIOGRAPHY
For additional information on this aircraft and related subjects, the following are recommended:
Crickmore, Paul F., Lockheed Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions, Osprey (2010)
Davies, Steve and Crickmore, Paul F., Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Owners’ Workshop Manual, Haynes Publishing (2012)
Goodall, James and Miller, Jay, Lockheed’s SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ Family A-12, F-12, M21, D-21, SR-71, Aerofax, Inc. (2002)
Lovick Jr, Edward, Radar Man: A Personal History of Stealth, iUniverse (2010)
Merlin, Peter W., From Archangel to Senior Crown: Design and Development of the Blackbird, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2008)
Miller, Jay, Lockheed’s Skunk Works: The First Fifty Years, Aerofax, Inc. (1993)
Pocock, Chris, 50 years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the “Dragon Lady”, Schiffer Military History (2005)
Richelson, Jeffery T., The Wizards of Langley: Inside the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology, Westview Press (2001)
Robarge, David, Archangeclass="underline" CIA’s Supersonic A-12 Reconnaissance Aircraft, Government Printing Office (2007)
Stanley II, Col Roy M., Asia from above: The 67th Reconnaissance Technical Squadron, Yokota AB, Japan, July 1957 to March 1971, Author House (2006)
Suhler, Paul A., From Rainbow to Gusto: Stealth and the Design of the Lockheed Blackbird, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (2009)
DEDICATION
To Frank Murray and T.D. Barnes
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am sincerely grateful for the help and support I have received over the years from both Frank Murray and T.D. Barnes on all things Oxcart. A salute to Paul Suhler for his fastidiously researched book, From Rainbow to Gusto: Stealth and the Design of the Blackbird; it was an invaluable reference work detailing the evolvement of the design process. Tim Brown of Talent-Keyhole.com also deserves a special word of thanks for locating images taken during BX6847 at the National Archives; as a result, a number of these images are appearing in print for the first time. My thanks also go to Dennis Sullivan, Jack Layton, Jay Miller, Jeannette Remak, Jim Goodall, Joseph Ventolo Jr, Col Roy M. Stanley II, Tony Landis, and David Robarge. Sincere thanks also to all at Lockheed Martin, for all their continued support over the last 30 years. Last, but certainly not least, thanks to my wonderful wife Ali for her steadfast love and support.