On Tue, 05 Aug 2003 19:24:36 -0500, "John A. Weeks III"
wrote:

In article , Keith Willshaw
wrote:

The alternative to that aircraft going to Intrepid was more likely
the scrapyard, thats where most went after all.

Bull. Not one single Blackbird has been scrapped since the
program was shut down and the Blackbirds sent to museums. This
are historically significant aircarft, and they deserve to be
treated as the museum pieces that they are.

That A-12 went to Intrepid long before 1990. Don't confuse the A-12s,
which were distributed to museums first, with the SR-71s, which were
distributed after the deactivation.

You do know there's an SR-71 buried over by the Edwards AFB dump,
don't you? I think it would be more correct to say that no intact
Blackbird has been scrapped.

Folks, not all Blackbirds survived intact. A pretty fair number were
written off. Check the list in Crickmore.

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer