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Re: Edwards AFB
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1999 11:05:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: David Allison
Subject: Re: Edwards AFB
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, Mary Shafer wrote:
>
> The USAF isn't "giving" Dryden any four airplanes because we already had
> three of them to begin with. They're returning one and giving us
> another. No more.
Oops. My bad. What I meant by "giving" (and anyone who knows better,
please correct me) is that the 3 original Dryden aircraft (the B and 2
A's: 956/831, 980/844, and 971/832) were loaned to Dryden by the USAF
but not given away. As I understand it, the USAF has turned over the
pink slips to Dryden for all 4 flyable aircraft (the previous 3 plus
967).
If this is the case, this will be the first time that they have truly
GIVEN and not just loaned blackbirds to NASA. Both YF-12As (935 and
936) and the (cough cough) YF-12C (951 aka 937) were loaned to NASA
but eventually had to be given back (except 936 which was totalled).
Again, if I've got it wrong, somebody please tell me.
David Allison
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Created: Sat Sep 4 11:16:57 EDT 1999