Area 51 Skunk Works transportation

this page is really a fascinating look back at ~1960 era California and the early days of the SR-71 program. i didn't see any Buicks ... but whatcha gonna do?

http://www.roadrunnersinternationale..._the_a-12.html

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http://www.roadrunnersinternationale...2/image059.jpg

Hi Bob,

I liked seeing your post and did not know much about the movement of the planes when I worked at the Skunkworks, Bldg 199,
in Burbank. In 1966 I was drafted into the Army from "behind the curtain" as they used to say. Fun to see the pictures.

Thanks, John

Thanks for posting that.
Most interesting.
A local museum, Birmingham's Southern Museum of Flight has an A-12 on display,

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Originally Posted by bob k. mando

this page is really a fascinating look back at ~1960 era California and the early days of the SR-71 program. i didn't see any Buicks ... but whatcha gonna do?

http://www.roadrunnersinternationale..._the_a-12.html

http://www.roadrunnersinternationale...2/image059.jpg

http://www.roadrunnersinternationale...2/image059.jpg

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I was there in the 70s. What an experience!!

didnt see any buicks cause they took the engines out of them. haha

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Originally Posted by bullheimer

didnt see any buicks cause they took the engines out of them. haha

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Found an old Honda trail bike buried in the sand out on the desert. We dismantled it and got it running.
Not a thread of rust on it. Don't know what they did with it.

My transportation out there was a early 50s Jeep that was still in cosmoline. In low range, that little rascal would crawl
over anything the desert could throw at it.

Tonino