Extenuating Circumstances

This is an auto-posted collection of public links I’ve either posted to, or favourites from Twitter, my Instapaper bookmarks and my public links posted to Pinboard.in for July 22nd from 14:18 to 12:38:

• Pro Line Fusion® –
• Lockheed Martin X-59 QueSST – Wikipedia –
• Lockheed hints at Skunk Works deal as hypersonic deals jump to $3.5B – Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:LMT) | Seeking Alpha –
• Pictures: Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel Sighting In California | Defense content from Aviation Week –
• SENIOR YEAR U-2 / TR-1 – The product of a remarkable collaboration between the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Air Force, Lockheed Corporation, and other suppliers, the U-2 collected intelligence that revolutionized American intelligence analysis of the Soviet threat. The Lockheed Skunkworks CL-282 aircraft was approved for production by the CIA, under the code-name AQUATONE, with Richard M. Bissell as the CIA program manager. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized Operation OVERFLIGHT — covert reconnaissance missions over the Soviet Union — after the Soviets flatly rejected his Open Skies plan, which would have allowed aircraft from both countries to openly overfly each other's territory.
• The Giant Waterpark Inside an Old German Airship Hangar – TwistedSifter –
• Specification gaming examples in AI – master list –