{"id":5906237,"date":"2026-07-17T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T09:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/?p=5906237"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:02:51","slug":"convair-kingfish-cia-spionageflugzeug-ging-durch-eine-blackbird-12-verloren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/de\/convair-kingfish-cia-spy-plane-lost-to-a-12-blackbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Das Spionageflugzeug, das gegen die Blackbird verlor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Jeder kennt die Lockheed A-12 und ihren ber\u00fchmten Nachfolger, die SR-71 Blackbird \u2013 die schwarzen, Mach-3-schnellen Spionageflugzeuge, die jeder jemals auf sie abgefeuerten Rakete entkamen. Kaum jemand erinnert sich an das Flugzeug, das ihnen beinahe zuvorgekommen w\u00e4re: die Convair Kingfish, ein kantiges, radargest\u00fctztes Spionageflugzeug, das den wichtigsten Konstruktionswettbewerb des Kalten Krieges nur haarscharf verlor und anschlie\u00dfend in Vergessenheit geriet.<\/p>\r\n<p>Doch die Kingfish war wom\u00f6glich die vision\u00e4rere Konstruktion. Zwei Jahrzehnte vor der F-117 arbeiteten ihre Entwickler bereits an einem Flugzeug, das f\u00fcr Radar unsichtbar sein sollte \u2013 und diese Idee sollte den verlorenen Wettbewerb \u00fcberdauern.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f5f5f5; padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 24px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: .03em; color: #111;\">Kurzinfo<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Rolle<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">CIA-Aufkl\u00e4rung aus gro\u00dfer H\u00f6he (vorgeschlagen)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Programm<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Projekt GUSTO \/ OXCART, 1957\u201359<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Kraftwerk<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">2 \u00d7 Pratt &amp; Whitney J58, im Rumpf verbaut<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Entwurfsgeschwindigkeit<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Mach 3,2<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Anzahl gebaut<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">0 (nur Radar-Testmodell)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 12px 6px 0; font-weight: 600; color: #333; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap;\">Schicksal<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Abschuss durch eine Lockheed A-12, 28. August 1959<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Das Rennen um die Nachfolge der U-2<\/h2>\r\n<p>Nachdem sich eine U-2 als \u00fcber der Sowjetunion ortbar erwiesen hatte, startete die CIA das Projekt GUSTO, um einen Nachfolger zu finden, der f\u00fcr Radar unsichtbar war. Zwei Giganten konkurrierten: Lockheeds Skunk Works unter Kelly Johnson und Convair aus Fort Worth. Lockheeds Antwort war die A-12 Oxcart, Convairs die Kingfish.<\/p>\r\n<p>Convair nahm die Radarsignatur in einer Weise ernst, die ihrer Zeit um Jahrzehnte voraus war. Die Kingfish verbarg ihre beiden Pratt &amp; Whitney J58-Triebwerke im Rumpfinneren, verwendete Keramik und radarabsorbierende Materialien an den Kanten und besa\u00df eine kantige Form, die verbl\u00fcffend an die Tarnkappenflugzeuge der 1980er-Jahre erinnerte. Theoretisch erreichte sie in H\u00f6hen \u00fcber 90.000 Fu\u00df eine Reisegeschwindigkeit von Mach 3,2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0W3FsBTAqgc\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=934655693  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/convair-kingfish-diagram.jpg\" alt=\"Konzeptdiagramm des Convair Kingfish\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Die Kingfish hatte ihre Triebwerke im Rumpf verbaut und nutzte radarabsorbierende Kanten \u2013 Ideen, die zwei Jahrzehnte sp\u00e4ter in der F-117 wieder aufgegriffen wurden. Bild: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Eine Rivalit\u00e4t, die durch den Ruf entschieden wird.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Kelly Johnson war von seinem Rivalen nicht beeindruckt \u2013 oder besser gesagt, er misstraute Convairs Vorgehen, eine geringe Radarsignatur zu verfolgen. In seinem als geheim eingestuften Logbuch zum OXCART-Programm \u00e4u\u00dferte er sich unmissverst\u00e4ndlich.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #d32f2f; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cConvair hat einen reduzierten Radarquerschnitt f\u00fcr ein Flugzeug von der Gr\u00f6\u00dfe der A-12 versprochen. Meiner Ansicht nach tun sie dies unter v\u00f6lliger Missachtung der Aerodynamik sowie der Leistung des Lufteinlasses und des Nachbrenners.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Clarence \"Kelly\" Johnson<\/strong> \u2014 Chefdesigner der Lockheed Skunk Works, Geschichte des OXCART (1968)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Am 28. August 1959 entschied sich das Gremium f\u00fcr Lockheed. Die A-12 war etwas schneller und h\u00f6her und \u2013 entscheidend \u2013 g\u00fcnstiger. Ausschlaggebend war jedoch das Vertrauen. Einige CIA-Offiziere bevorzugten aufgrund ihrer geringeren Radarsignatur sogar die Kingfish; die Mitglieder der Luftwaffe im Gremium erinnerten sich jedoch an Convairs problembehaftetes und budgetsprengendes B-58-Bomberprogramm und rieten ihnen daher davon ab.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f8f9fa; border-left: 4px solid  #1565c0; padding: 20px 22px; margin: 18px 0 24px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.7; display: flex; gap: 20px; align-items: flex-start;\">\r\n<div><em>\u201cEinige CIA-Vertreter bevorzugten zun\u00e4chst den Convair KINGFISH-Entwurf aufgrund seines geringeren Radarquerschnitts, wurden aber schlie\u00dflich von den Mitgliedern der Luftwaffe im Gremium davon \u00fcberzeugt, den Lockheed-Entwurf zu unterst\u00fctzen, da diese bef\u00fcrchteten, dass sich die Kosten\u00fcberschreitungen und Produktionsverz\u00f6gerungen von Convair beim B-58-Projekt wiederholen k\u00f6nnten.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Pedlow &amp; Welzenbach<\/strong> \u2014 offizielle CIA-Geschichte der U-2- und OXCART-Programme (1992)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin: 0 0 24px;\"><img data-opt-id=1422110650  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 6px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/convair-kingfish-1959.jpg\" alt=\"Convair Kingfish, Juli 1959\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Die Kingfish kam nie \u00fcber das Planungsstadium hinaus. Ihre Konzepte zur Radarabwehr fanden jedoch in der F-117 Nighthawk Verwendung. Bild: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Die Kingfish wurde nie gebaut. Die Finanzierung versiegte, sobald Lockheeds Entwurf Erfolg hatte, und Convairs kantiges Spionageflugzeug geriet in Vergessenheit. Doch betrachtet man die F-117 Nighthawk \u2013 mit ihren versenkten Triebwerken, der facettierten Au\u00dfenhaut und den radarabsorbierenden Kanten \u2013, so erkennt man, dass Convair diese Idee zuerst hatte. Sie verloren den Auftrag. Vielleicht haben sie aber die Auseinandersetzung gewonnen.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 24px 0;\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0; border-radius: 8px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wxA0VlsQ4bc\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Quellen: Pedlow &amp; Welzenbach, CIA-Geschichte der U-2- und OXCART-Programme; Kelly Johnson, Protokoll des OXCART-Programms; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background: #f0f4ff; border-left: 4px solid #5C91FF; padding: 16px 20px; margin: 32px 0 8px; border-radius: 0 8px 8px 0;\">\r\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 8px; font-weight: 600; color: #333;\">\u00c4hnliche Beitr\u00e4ge<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/pyotr-ufimtsev-soviet-scientist-gave-america-stealth\/\">Der sowjetische Wissenschaftler, der Amerika versehentlich die Tarnkappentechnik verlieh<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/tsybin-rsr-soviet-sr-71-mach-3-spy-plane-that-never-flew\/\">Die sowjetische SR-71, die nie flog<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Convairs Kingfish war beinahe schneller als die A-12 Blackbird und wurde beinahe zum Mach-3-Spionageflugzeug der CIA \u2013 und leistete Pionierarbeit bei Tarnkappentechniken, die sp\u00e4ter in der F-117 wieder aufgegriffen wurden.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":5906031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,664],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5906237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-and-legends","category-military-aviation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is 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