USS Intrepid

[IanUAE]

So here I am in New York for 4 weeks with work (well it makes a change from Muscat and Riyadh). A couple of weeks ago (yep just after the heavy snow) I went down to the USS Intrepid. On the flight deck they have (amongst other aircraft) and I quote a "A-12 Blackbird". From what I have read in "The Skunkworks", "Area 51), "The Sled Driver" etc, they have got 2 planes mixed up, either it was the A-12 Oxcart or SR-71 Blackbird.

To put my mind at rest is the plane a A-12 Oxcart or SR-71 Blackbird?

If it not "to" cold tomorrow I plan on going to the American Airpower Museum.

[Dr Jekyll]

It's an A12, not an SR71.

[Blaster72]

"The original Blackbird was designated the A-12 and made its first flight on April 30, 1962."

http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/100years/storie...

So A-12 Blackbird is correct.

[Simpo Two]

A carrier-borne Blackbird?

[RichGault]

Preferred name for the A-12 amongst pilots was 'cygnus' with the SR-71 more commonly known as the 'Habu'

Just finished reading Paul Crikmores 2004 edition 'beyond the secret missions' What.a.read.

[Eric Mc]

The A-12 preceded the SR-71 and was operated by the CIA. The SR-71 was operated by the USAF.

The A-12 was never really referred to as a "Blackbird".