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To: Red Badger; All
At Blackbird Air Park (Air Force Plant 42) in Palmdale, CA, you can see an SR-71, an A-12, a U-2D, a D-21 recon drone, and a P&W J-58 engine all parked next to each other!

This historical static display is located next to the Air Force Flight Test Museum at Edwards Air Force Base. Created by the USAF Museum Program, this park allows visitors close view of several aircraft and was officially dedicated on September 27th, 1991.

The remarkable stories of how these aircraft were developed are told in "Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed" by Ben R. Rich.

35 posted on 01/12/2018 12:18:46 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
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105 posted on 01/12/2018 4:04:12 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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