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Oh.. one other. The machine in Birmingham at the Southern Museum of Flight is also an A-12, not an SR.
And Alabama also has another A-12 at its museum in Mobile.
Here in Georgia, we have an SR at Robins AFB along with an odd duck, the C-130 modified for "Credible Sport". Three airplanes were modified with rockets for amazing stopping power and amazing takeoff performance. The airplane was to takeoff and land in the space of a soccer field in an attempt to rescue the Iranian hostages. Note what happens when the rockets fire early.
The airplane at Robins has had many of the mods removed but it still looks like Mr. Wizard's metal shop class got hold of it.
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This one is sans the music and more focused. Note the dorsals for the horiz slab and vertical fin. at 1:51, note the revised flaps. The video says the pilots fired the rockets early which is debated. The pilots say the rockets fired off a radio altimeter and fired early.
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And Alabama also has another A-12 at its museum in Mobile.
Here in Georgia, we have an SR at Robins AFB along with an odd duck, the C-130 modified for "Credible Sport". Three airplanes were modified with rockets for amazing stopping power and amazing takeoff performance. The airplane was to takeoff and land in the space of a soccer field in an attempt to rescue the Iranian hostages. Note what happens when the rockets fire early.
The airplane at Robins has had many of the mods removed but it still looks like Mr. Wizard's metal shop class got hold of it.
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This one is sans the music and more focused. Note the dorsals for the horiz slab and vertical fin. at 1:51, note the revised flaps. The video says the pilots fired the rockets early which is debated. The pilots say the rockets fired off a radio altimeter and fired early.
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