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The new TR-1, a tactical reconnaissance aircraft by Lockheed is the first of 35 planned to be built under an Air Force Acquisition Logistics Division contract awarded by the TR-1 Aircraft Program Office at Wight-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio The TR-1 is an improved and significantly larger version of the original U-2 developed by Lockheed's famed aircraft designer Clarence "Kelly" Johnson its wings span 103 feet (31 metres) and the fuselage is 63 feet (19 metres) long The avoratt can cruise over 430 mph (more than 700 kilometres per hour) above 70,000 feet (21,200 metres) and has a range of more than 3000 miles (4800 kilometres)
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Where Are They?
We apologise to those readers who searched our last issue looking for the TSA-2 story plus the Updates on the FX Fighters and the BAe 146. Lack of space necessitated their return to the hangar at a time when it was too late to alter the cover which bore their inclusion. The FX and 146 Updates appear in this issue as does the TSR-2 story. Ten points to those observant readers who noted that the photo caption on page 83 really belonged on page 88, and vice versa.
What Now for GD?:
General Dynamics may certainly be disappointed in losing out on the NTF order, though to coin a phrase, “you can’t win ’em all”. GD have had much luck in selling their F-16 internationally and barely a month goes by without interest being shown by new potential customers. Locally, GD still have a lot to offer Their man-portable Stinger SAM is a strong contender for the Army Redeye, also a GD product, replacement while all future FFG frigates and many larger RAN ships will carry as a standard fit the extremely effective GD Vulcan Phalanx close-in weapon system. In the long-term, there is also the MRASM, or Medium Range Air to Surface Missile, which is essentially a shortened version of GD’s Tomahawk cruise missile. MRASM has a range in the region of 300/400 nautical miles and operates in the typical ultra-low-level cruise missile flight profile. MRASM is air-launched with the Orion being a prime contender in this regard along with the F-18 and F-111.
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