{"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":"avion-espia-convair-kingfish-de-la-cia-perdido-ante-un-blackbird-de-12-pulgadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/es\/convair-kingfish-cia-spy-plane-lost-to-a-12-blackbird\/","title":{"rendered":"El avi\u00f3n esp\u00eda que perdi\u00f3 contra el Blackbird"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Todo el mundo conoce el Lockheed A-12 y su famoso descendiente, el SR-71 Blackbird: esos aviones esp\u00eda negros, capaces de alcanzar Mach 3 y escapar de todos los misiles jam\u00e1s disparados contra ellos. Casi nadie recuerda el avi\u00f3n que estuvo a punto de arrebatarles el puesto: el Kingfish de Convair, un avi\u00f3n esp\u00eda de l\u00edneas angulares, capaz de evadir el radar, que perdi\u00f3 por un pelo el concurso de dise\u00f1o m\u00e1s importante de la Guerra Fr\u00eda y luego desapareci\u00f3 de la historia.<\/p>\r\n<p>Sin embargo, el Kingfish podr\u00eda haber sido el dise\u00f1o m\u00e1s prof\u00e9tico. Dos d\u00e9cadas antes del F-117, sus creadores ya estaban dise\u00f1ando una aeronave invisible al radar, y esa idea perdurar\u00eda m\u00e1s all\u00e1 del concurso que perdi\u00f3.<\/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;\">DATOS R\u00c1PIDOS<\/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;\">Role<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Reconocimiento a\u00e9reo a gran altitud por parte de la CIA (propuesto)<\/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;\">Programa<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Proyecto 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;\">Central el\u00e9ctrica<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">2 \u00d7 Pratt &amp; Whitney J58, enterrados en el fuselaje<\/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;\">Velocidad de dise\u00f1o<\/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;\">N\u00famero construido<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">0 (solo modelo de prueba de radar)<\/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;\">Destino<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Perdido ante el Lockheed A-12, 28 de agosto de 1959.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">La carrera para reemplazar el U-2<\/h2>\r\n<p>Tras demostrarse que el U-2 pod\u00eda ser rastreado sobre la Uni\u00f3n Sovi\u00e9tica, la CIA lanz\u00f3 el Proyecto GUSTO para encontrar un sucesor indetectable por radar. Dos gigantes compitieron: Skunk Works de Lockheed, bajo la direcci\u00f3n de Kelly Johnson, y Convair de Fort Worth. La respuesta de Lockheed fue el A-12 Oxcart. La de Convair fue el Kingfish.<\/p>\r\n<p>Convair se tom\u00f3 muy en serio la secci\u00f3n transversal de radar, adelant\u00e1ndose d\u00e9cadas a su tiempo. El Kingfish instal\u00f3 sus dos motores Pratt &amp; Whitney J58 dentro del fuselaje, utiliz\u00f3 materiales cer\u00e1micos y absorbentes de radar en sus bordes y luc\u00eda una forma angular que recuerda sorprendentemente a los aviones furtivos de la d\u00e9cada de 1980. Sobre el papel, volaba a Mach 3.2 por encima de los 90.000 pies.<\/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=\"Diagrama conceptual del Convair Kingfish\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">El Kingfish integraba sus motores en el fuselaje y utilizaba bordes absorbentes de radar, ideas que resurgir\u00edan dos d\u00e9cadas despu\u00e9s en el F-117. Imagen: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Una rivalidad decidida por la reputaci\u00f3n.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Kelly Johnson no qued\u00f3 impresionado por su rival, o mejor dicho, desconfiaba de la forma en que Convair hab\u00eda intentado detectar una se\u00f1al de radar d\u00e9bil. En su informe clasificado del programa OXCART, fue tajante.<\/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 ha prometido una secci\u00f3n transversal de radar reducida en un avi\u00f3n del tama\u00f1o de un A-12. En mi opini\u00f3n, lo est\u00e1n haciendo sin tener en cuenta la aerodin\u00e1mica, la entrada de aire ni el rendimiento del postquemador.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Clarence &quot;Kelly&quot; Johnson<\/strong> \u2014 Dise\u00f1ador jefe de Lockheed Skunk Works, historia de OXCART (1968)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>El 28 de agosto de 1959, el comit\u00e9 eligi\u00f3 a Lockheed. El A-12 era ligeramente m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido y ten\u00eda mayor altitud, y \u2014lo m\u00e1s importante\u2014 era m\u00e1s barato. Pero el factor decisivo fue la confianza. Algunos oficiales de la CIA prefer\u00edan el Kingfish por su menor firma de radar; los miembros de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea que formaban parte del comit\u00e9 los convencieron de lo contrario, recordando el problem\u00e1tico y sobrecostoso programa del bombardero B-58 de Convair.<\/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>\u201cAlgunos representantes de la CIA inicialmente se mostraron a favor del dise\u00f1o KINGFISH de Convair debido a su menor secci\u00f3n transversal de radar, pero finalmente fueron convencidos por los miembros de la Fuerza A\u00e9rea que formaban parte del panel para que apoyaran el dise\u00f1o de Lockheed, ya que cre\u00edan que los sobrecostos y los retrasos en la producci\u00f3n del proyecto B-58 de Convair podr\u00edan repetirse.\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Pedlow y Welzenbach<\/strong> \u2014 Historia oficial de la CIA sobre los programas U-2 y OXCART (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, julio de 1959\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">El Kingfish nunca pas\u00f3 de la fase de dise\u00f1o. Sin embargo, sus conceptos de baja infrarroja reaparecer\u00edan en el F-117 Nighthawk. Imagen: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>El Kingfish nunca se construy\u00f3. La financiaci\u00f3n se agot\u00f3 en cuanto el dise\u00f1o de Lockheed triunf\u00f3, y el avi\u00f3n esp\u00eda de l\u00edneas angulares de Convair qued\u00f3 en el olvido. Pero si observamos un F-117 Nighthawk \u2014con sus motores ocultos, su fuselaje facetado y sus bordes que absorben el radar\u2014, vemos una idea que Convair tuvo primero. Perdi\u00f3 el contrato, pero tal vez gan\u00f3 la disputa.<\/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>Fuentes: Pedlow y Welzenbach, Historia de la CIA de los programas U-2 y OXCART; Kelly Johnson, Registro del programa OXCART; 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;\">Publicaciones relacionadas<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/pyotr-ufimtsev-soviet-scientist-gave-america-stealth\/\">El cient\u00edfico 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