A-12 Oxcart
02-16-2017, 08:34 AM
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Saw this while cruising some YouTube videos, an interview with the CIA museum cureator on NBC. The shot at about 3:02 in gave me chills!
Tom M
https://youtu.be/NZOJ_QOz5Ss
Tom M
https://youtu.be/NZOJ_QOz5Ss
03-01-2018, 11:27 AM
#28
The surviving M-21 is in Boeing's Museum of Flight in Seattle and has a D-21 mounted.
Lockheed M-21 Blackbird | The Museum of Flight
Lockheed D-21B Drone | The Museum of Flight
I took a F-105G to the boneyard in 1980 and they gave us the nickel tour. We drove by about a dozen D-21's laying on pallets, some silver, some black, but they pointedly didn't say anything about them. Probably all gone to who knows where now.
I didn't know it at the time, but Mele Vojvodich, my Wing Commander at Korat RTAFB, had been on loan to the CIA and flew the A-12. He ejected right after takeoff in an A-12 due to the rate gyros being connected backwards.
Lockheed M-21 Blackbird | The Museum of Flight
Lockheed D-21B Drone | The Museum of Flight
I took a F-105G to the boneyard in 1980 and they gave us the nickel tour. We drove by about a dozen D-21's laying on pallets, some silver, some black, but they pointedly didn't say anything about them. Probably all gone to who knows where now.
I didn't know it at the time, but Mele Vojvodich, my Wing Commander at Korat RTAFB, had been on loan to the CIA and flew the A-12. He ejected right after takeoff in an A-12 due to the rate gyros being connected backwards.
Last edited by Thud_Driver; 03-01-2018 at 11:35 AM.
03-01-2018, 11:53 AM
#29
Look at your Horizon man!! Pull up!!
Great pics!
Darn it Oli.....
Can we get an opening canopy? And does it come painted like that?!
03-01-2018, 05:25 PM
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Does anyone know the reasoning for the different chines on the SR-71's? I have tried finding out which air frames had it and others did not and the reasoning for it, but never have been able to.
03-02-2018, 01:37 AM
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03-02-2018, 09:47 AM
#35
The SR had interchangeable nose sections with different sensors depending on the mission requirements. There were several different nose sections that could be fitted. Each had a different shape. The round one used on the A-12 with the interceptor radar is really cool and different looking.
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03-03-2018, 04:34 PM
#37
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03-03-2018, 04:37 PM
#38
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Look at your Horizon man!! Pull up!!
Great pics!
How is that even possible?!! Wow! I guess its hard to pick the airplane up and move it around its axis' and make sure your "demon cortex" is working properly!
Darn it Oli.....
Can we get an opening canopy? And does it come painted like that?!
Great pics!
How is that even possible?!! Wow! I guess its hard to pick the airplane up and move it around its axis' and make sure your "demon cortex" is working properly!
Darn it Oli.....
Can we get an opening canopy? And does it come painted like that?!
Yes the M-21 does come painted like this. Including the sanded panels.
However the markings differ on the SR, so they are optional ( some are significantly more complex to paint than others ).
04-23-2019, 06:48 AM
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This is one of our SR-71 flying in Danemark. Pilot Nikolai Kaaber.
The plane is 20 kgs dry/ 25 kgs wet and powered by two B-140F engines, Futaba radio and powerbox system.
No gyro for the time being, which shows on the still roll oscillation after takeoff.
This flies exactly like my A-12. I still have to find a camera operator to shoot one of my flights!
Congratulations to Nikolai and his team!
This is one of our SR-71 flying in Danemark. Pilot Nikolai Kaaber.
The plane is 20 kgs dry/ 25 kgs wet and powered by two B-140F engines, Futaba radio and powerbox system.
No gyro for the time being, which shows on the still roll oscillation after takeoff.
This flies exactly like my A-12. I still have to find a camera operator to shoot one of my flights!
Congratulations to Nikolai and his team!
Last edited by olnico; 04-23-2019 at 06:54 AM.
