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Photograph caption dated March 6, 1964 reads, "Future airplane - Lockheed scientists showed their design of the supersonic transport for first time publicly Wednesday. The delta-wing design may some day in the early 1970s whisk passengers at 2,000 m.p.h. to London from Los Angeles in several hours. Model is shown in a testing wind tunnel."; See images #00111170 through #00111172 for all photos in this series.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lockheed-California Company Supersonic transport planes--United States Delta wing airplanes--United States Scientists--United States Models (Clay, plaster, etc.) Wind tunnels--Testing Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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