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Oh, my. Today is kinda Xmas over whole subtopic or I've missed something? Thanks!BillRo said:Here are some A-12 drawings I got from Gary J. an ex-Navy AD buddy of mine from Fort Worth.
Thanks for posting those Bill. I've had them (and some other things) for well over a decade, but I'd never seen them anywhere else so I've been hesitant to share them.BillRo said:Here are some A-12 drawings I got from Gary J. an ex-Navy AD buddy of mine from Fort Worth. I don't know if they have been posted before but someone was looking for a cutaway.
PaulMM (Overscan) said:Not very detailed (!) NASA A-12 spin model.
http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/20-Foot_Spin_Tunnel_(645)_Models_and_Tests_A-M#A-12_Avenger
InvisibleDefender said:I'd never seen them anywhere else so I've been hesitant to share them.
According to Navy officials, progress was made toward building the first A-12. Both contractors had completed about 99 percent of the engineering drawings and had fabricated about 85 percent of the tools needed to manufacture A-12 parts. The contractors had manufactured a sufficient number of some parts to meet the requirements for the first 14 aircraft
A full-size mockup of the A-12 Avenger left Air Force Plant 4 on 28 June after having been stored on the north end of the plant for many years. The A-12 program was cancelled in January 1991. The mockup was the only one of its type constructed. The model is to be restored and displayed at Veterans Memorial Air Park, which is located on the south end of Meacham Field Airport in north Fort Worth.
flateric said:Die unendliche Geschichte
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-navy-jet-suit-20140125,0,4137919.story
Stargazer said:Uncanny though that while Boeing is liable for the defunct McDonnell Douglas company which they took over, General Dynamics is still quoted as an active manufacturer all through the article. I thought GD's aircraft assets had all been taken over by Lockheed. Was I wrong?
JFC Fuller said:[
Boeing and MDD were technically merged so the new entity would have to carry the responsibility for any ongoing legal disputes. LM only bought a division of GD and probably wouldn't have touched it unless GD agreed to retain the legal disputes (which it would have done de-facto anyway as it would have been GD as the contract signatory in the original A-12 programme). Takes me back though, LM apparently out-bid NG for the GD Forth Worth division.
Abraham Gubler said:I think he (JFCF/SLL) was referring to the sale of the enterprise GDFW by GD not the ATA program contract award. With Lockheed (1993 pre LM merger) outbidding Northrop (pre NG too) to buy GDFW from GD.