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Re: FWD: (TLC-Mission) Re: A-12
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:21:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Allison
Subject: Re: FWD: (TLC-Mission) Re: A-12
Not meaning to nit-pick anyone here, just want to set the record
straight:
There were 18 non-SR-71 blackbirds built:
13 were A-12s (no back seat);
3 were YF-12As (radome where forward chine should be); and
2 were M/D-21s (D-21 on the back).
YF-12 #60-6934 was written off after an accident in 1966; the rear
half was used to make the last SR-71, #61-7981, and has been part
of that airframe since 1968. 981 is on display at Hill AFB, UT.
The "YF-12C" was nothing more than SR-71 #61-7951, loaned to NASA
and painted in their colors.
The 2 M/D-21s were never A-12s, but were built from the ground up to
be ferry aircraft for the D-21.
Locations of surviving airframes:
A-12:
60-6924 Blackbird Airpark, Palmdale, CA
60-6925 Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York NY
60-6927 Stored at Skunkworks, Palmdale
60-6930 US Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville AL
60-6931 Minnesota Air Nat'l Guard Museum, Minneapolis MN
60-6933 Aerospace Historical Center, San Diego CA
60-6937 Displayed at Skunkworks Plant #2, Palmdale
60-6938 USS Alabama Battleship Mem. Park, Mobile AL
YF-12:
60-6935 USAF Museum, Wright-Pat AFB, OH
M/D-21:
60-6940 Museum of Flight, Seattle WA
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David Allison
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> Mike Thompson wrote:
> > Affirm...thought so. Weren't there only 2 built? Don't have a clue where
> > the other one is.
> > Normally it'd be at Wright Pat, but it's not.
> >
> > Mike Thompson
>
> There were 18 A-12/YF-12 made.
>
> 3 are on display at Palmdale, CA Lockheed Plant
> 7 Lost in accidents
> 8 on display at other locations:
> New York City
> Huntsville, AL
> St Paul, MN
> San Diego, CA
> Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
> Mobile, AL
> Seattle, WA
> Hill AFB, UT
> --
> Bob Norway
> Rockledge, Florida
> Home Page http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/5953/mypage.html
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