{"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-aereo-spia-della-cia-perso-contro-un-blackbird-da-12-pollici","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/it\/convair-kingfish-cia-spy-plane-lost-to-a-12-blackbird\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#039;aereo spia che perse contro il merlo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><\/p>\r\n<p>Tutti conoscono il Lockheed A-12 e il suo celebre discendente, l&#039;SR-71 Blackbird: gli aerei spia neri, capaci di raggiungere Mach 3, che hanno seminato ogni missile mai lanciato contro di loro. Quasi nessuno ricorda l&#039;aereo che per poco non li ha battuti sul tempo: il Kingfish della Convair, un aereo spia spigoloso e in grado di eludere i radar, che perse per un soffio la pi\u00f9 importante gara di progettazione della Guerra Fredda e poi scomparve dalla storia.<\/p>\r\n<p>Eppure, il Kingfish potrebbe essere stato il progetto pi\u00f9 profetico. Due decenni prima dell&#039;F-117, i suoi creatori stavano gi\u00e0 progettando un aereo in grado di rendersi invisibile ai radar, e quell&#039;idea sarebbe sopravvissuta alla competizione persa.<\/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;\">INFORMAZIONI RAPIDE<\/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;\">Ruolo<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Ricognizione ad alta quota della CIA (proposta)<\/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;\">Programma<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">Progetto 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;\">centrale elettrica<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">2 \u00d7 Pratt &amp; Whitney J58, integrati nella fusoliera<\/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;\">Velocit\u00e0 di progettazione<\/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;\">Numero costruito<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"padding: 6px 0; color: #444;\">0 (solo modello di prova 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;\">Abbattuto dal Lockheed A-12 il 28 agosto 1959.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">La corsa per sostituire l&#039;U-2<\/h2>\r\n<p>Dopo che un U-2 dimostr\u00f2 di poter essere tracciato sopra l&#039;Unione Sovietica, la CIA lanci\u00f2 il Progetto GUSTO per trovare un successore che non potesse essere rilevato dai radar. Due colossi si contesero il progetto: la Skunk Works della Lockheed, guidata da Kelly Johnson, e la Convair di Fort Worth. La risposta della Lockheed divenne l&#039;A-12 Oxcart, mentre quella della Convair fu il Kingfish.<\/p>\r\n<p>La Convair prese molto sul serio la sezione radar equivalente, anticipando i tempi di decenni. Il Kingfish inglob\u00f2 i suoi due motori Pratt &amp; Whitney J58 all&#039;interno della fusoliera, utilizz\u00f2 materiali ceramici e radar-assorbenti sui bordi e sfoggiava una forma angolare che ricordava in modo sorprendente gli aerei stealth degli anni &#039;80. Sulla carta, raggiungeva una velocit\u00e0 di crociera di Mach 3.2 a un&#039;altitudine superiore ai 90.000 piedi.<\/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=\"Schema concettuale 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;\">Il Kingfish aveva i motori integrati nella fusoliera e utilizzava bordi in grado di assorbire i radar: idee che sarebbero riemerse nell&#039;F-117 vent&#039;anni dopo. Immagine: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top: 22px;\">Una rivalit\u00e0 decisa dalla reputazione<\/h2>\r\n<p>Kelly Johnson non era rimasto impressionato dal suo rivale, o meglio, nutriva sospetti sul modo in cui Convair aveva inseguito una debole traccia radar. Nel suo registro riservato del programma OXCART, fu categorico.<\/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>\u201c&quot;La Convair ha promesso una sezione radar ridotta su un aereo delle dimensioni dell&#039;A-12. A mio avviso, lo stanno facendo senza alcun riguardo per l&#039;aerodinamica, le prestazioni della presa d&#039;aria e del postbruciatore.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Clarence &quot;Kelly&quot; Johnson<\/strong> \u2014 Capo progettista di Lockheed Skunk Works, storia di OXCART (1968)<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>Il 28 agosto 1959, la commissione scelse la Lockheed. L&#039;A-12 era considerato leggermente pi\u00f9 veloce, raggiungeva quote pi\u00f9 elevate e, soprattutto, era pi\u00f9 economico. Ma il fattore decisivo fu la fiducia. Alcuni funzionari della CIA preferivano addirittura il Kingfish per la sua minore traccia radar; furono dissuasi dai membri dell&#039;Aeronautica militare presenti nella commissione, che ricordavano il travagliato programma del bombardiere B-58 della Convair, caratterizzato da sforamenti di budget.<\/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>\u201c&quot;Alcuni rappresentanti della CIA inizialmente erano favorevoli al progetto KINGFISH della Convair per via della sua sezione radar pi\u00f9 piccola, ma alla fine furono convinti a sostenere il progetto Lockheed dai membri dell&#039;Aeronautica militare presenti nella commissione, i quali temevano che i problemi di costi eccessivi e i ritardi di produzione riscontrati con il progetto B-58 della Convair potessero ripetersi.&quot;\u201d<\/em>\r\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px; font-size: 14px; color: #555;\"><strong>Pedlow e Welzenbach<\/strong> \u2014 Storia ufficiale della CIA dei programmi U-2 e 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, luglio 1959\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\r\n<figcaption style=\"font-size: 13px; color: #777; text-align: center; margin-top: 6px; font-style: italic;\">Il progetto Kingfish non \u00e8 mai andato oltre la fase di progettazione. I suoi concetti relativi alla bassa visibilit\u00e0 radar, tuttavia, sarebbero stati ripresi nell&#039;F-117 Nighthawk. Immagine: Wikimedia Commons<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p>Il Kingfish non fu mai costruito. I finanziamenti si interruppero nel momento stesso in cui il progetto della Lockheed ebbe successo, e l&#039;aereo spia angolare della Convair divenne una nota a pi\u00e8 di pagina. Ma guardate un F-117 Nighthawk \u2013 motori incassati, rivestimento sfaccettato, bordi che assorbono i radar \u2013 e vedrete che si tratta di un&#039;idea che la Convair ebbe per prima. Perse l&#039;appalto. Ma forse vinse la discussione.<\/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>Fonti: Pedlow &amp; Welzenbach, Storia della CIA dei programmi U-2 e OXCART; Kelly Johnson, Registro del programma 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;\">Post correlati<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"margin: 4px 0;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/pyotr-ufimtsev-soviet-scientist-gave-america-stealth\/\">Lo scienziato sovietico che accidentalmente ha dato all&#039;America la tecnologia stealth<\/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\/\">L&#039;SR-71 sovietico che non ha mai volato.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Il Kingfish della Convair sfior\u00f2 la vittoria contro l&#039;A-12 Blackbird, diventando l&#039;aereo spia della CIA capace di raggiungere Mach 3 e fu pioniere di concetti stealth che sarebbero poi stati ripresi nell&#039;F-117.<\/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 optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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