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Title: Project OXCART
Post by: rpm on April 29, 2013, 02:41:38 PM

How do you move a top secret aircraft from a major metropolitan area to it's new home? With a truck! The story chronicles the efforts to build and use the carriages repeatedly to move the fully built A-12s and the YF-12s from Lockheed's Skunkworks in Burbank to Area 51 back in 1962. Eighteen trips were made to Area 51 and three trips were made to Palmdale to carry the first three SR-71s built. It has some amazing pics.
(http://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com/transporting_the_a-12_v2/image029.jpg)
http://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com/transporting_the_a-12.html?m=8

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: thedoom26 on April 29, 2013, 05:34:54 PM

 :old:cool :old:

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: TOMCAT21 on April 29, 2013, 05:48:45 PM

 :aok

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: Maverick on April 29, 2013, 06:30:30 PM

Good stuff, thanks.

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: Dragon Tamer on April 29, 2013, 11:55:26 PM

(http://www.roadrunnersinternationale.com/transporting_the_a-12_v2/image019.jpg)



Understatement of the year.

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: Zacherof on April 30, 2013, 12:07:49 AM

Interseting read! Wonder what they do now :noid

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: rpm on April 30, 2013, 01:00:40 AM

I would love to see some film on it. The truck looks like a 1961 Kenworth that most likely had a 220 Cummins and a twin transmission like a 6 x 4. That was some old school trucking. :old:

Title: Re: Project OXCART
Post by: Slate on April 30, 2013, 08:05:46 AM

  Nice now can we go for a ride?

(http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r41/momymacaw/SR-71%20%20SR-71%20A/6f4d.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/momymacaw/media/SR-71%20%20SR-71%20A/6f4d.jpg.html)(http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n207/the_lad/sr71ff.jpg) (http://media.photobucket.com/user/the_lad/media/sr71ff.jpg.html)