Prototypes and special aircraft built for very high speed and altitude, including Mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft and the bomber, interceptor and fighter prototypes of the Cold War. An entry belongs here when the cited article names a Mach 3 reconnaissance aircraft, interceptor prototype or high-speed military prototype. It excludes production fighters and rocket research aircraft. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
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The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation.
Wikipedia: Lockheed YF-12
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The Lockheed YF-12 is an American Mach 3+ capable, high-altitude interceptor prototype, developed and manufactured by American aerospace company Lockheed Corporation.
North American XB-70 Valkyrie, Wikipedia
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The North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie is a retired prototype version of the planned B-70 nuclear-armed, deep-penetration supersonic strategic bomber for the United States Air Force Strategic Air Command.
Sukhoi T-4 - Wikipedia
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The Sukhoi T-4, also known as "Aircraft 100", "Project 100", or "Sotka" is a Soviet high-speed reconnaissance, anti-ship and strategic bomber aircraft that did not proceed beyond the prototype stage.
Myasishchev M-50 (Wikipedia)
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The Myasishchev M-50 (Russian: Мясищев М-50; NATO reporting name: Bounder) is a Soviet prototype four-jet engine supersonic strategic bomber which never attained service.
Wikipedia: Northrop YF-23
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The Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 is an American single-seat, twin-engine, stealth fighter prototype technology demonstrator designed for the United States Air Force (USAF).
Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar, Wikipedia
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program to develop a spaceplane
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