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Originally Posted by IROC
I wrote an article for Excellence magazine (October 1994 issue) and the picture of my car is in front of the SR-71 at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL…  |
That's actually an A-12 that was at one time improperly painted to look like one of NASAs YF-12s that they flew in the late 60s. No A-12 was ever used by NASA and the paint has since been changed to the correct A-12 markings. Here is the history of that 'article' as the A-12s were known as:
www.habu.org - 06930 - Blackbird Photo Archive
That website is an outstanding resource for information on every 'Blackbird' airframe built.