Saturday, January 31, 2015

1959 | Lockheed A-12 mock-up | Area 51




Suspended upside down, a titanium Lockheed A-12 mock-up of a spy-plane is prepped for radar testing at Area 51 (part of radar tests to reveal  how visible, or invisible, the design was to radar).



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    1. The A-12 Oxcart was the armed version of the SR-71. No recon, just teeth.

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  2. It didn't matter if they saw it, it was so fast they couldn't catch it...........

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  3. It didn't matter if they saw it, it was so fast they couldn't catch it...........

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