A-12 Production List (und Verbleib)
Apropos Blackbird Air Park...
Vielleicht für den einen oder anderen interessant (von Paul Crickmore aus der neuesten Aviation News): Die produzierten A-12 inklusive VERBLEIB DER NOCH EXISTIERENDEN EXEMPLARE:
60-6924 121 Prototype – Palmdale, Blackbird Airpark
60-6925 122 Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, New York
60-6926 123 Crashed May 24, 1963. CIA pilot Ken Collins ejected safely
60-6927 124 California Science Center in Los Angeles. Only two-seat pilot trainer built
60-6928 125 Crashed January 5, 1967. CIA pilot Walter Ray killed after failing to separate from his ejection seat
60-6929 126 Crashed December 28, 1967, seconds after take-off from Area 51. Pilot Mele Vojvodich ejected safely
60-6930 127 Alabama Space & Rocket Museum, Huntsville, Alabama. Completed 11 Blackshield missions.
60-6931 128 CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia (not on view to the public)
60-6932 129 Completed five Blackshield missions, crashed June 6, 1968. CIA pilot Jack Weeks was killed.
60-6933 130 San Diego Aerospace Museum, California
60-6937 131 Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama. Completed 13 Blackshield missions
60-6938 132 Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama
60-6939 133 Crashed July 9, 1964; Lockheed test pilot Bill Park ejected safely-
Die drei fehlenden Serial numbers 60-6934, 60-6935 und 60-6936 gehören zu den drei Lockheed YF-12A Abfangjägern.
Gruß
Thomas