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A fourth YF-12 aircraft, the "YF-12C", was actually the second SR-71A (AF Ser. No. 61–7951). This SR-71A was re-designated as a YF-12C and given the fictitious Air Force Serial Number 60-6937 from an A-12 to maintain SR-71 secrecy. The aircraft was loaned to NASA for propulsion testing after the loss of YF-12A (AF Ser. No. 60–6936) in 1971.
Families visit plane crash site days after disaster. Third helicopter pilot names as Capt Rebecca M. Lobach. Data from all three aircraft 'black boxes' being extracted. Photos show removal of ...
Two US Navy Lockheed P-3C Orion anti-submarine patrol aircraft, P-3C 158930 coded 'SG 12', [45] and P-3C 159325, [39] [46] 'SG 8', [46] are lost during an ASW training mission off the San Diego, California coast when they collide in bad weather. The crash occurs in a storm 60 miles SW of San Diego at 0226 hrs., as one aircraft flies to relieve ...
The YF-12 program was a limited production variant of the A-12. Lockheed convinced the U.S. Air Force that an aircraft based on the A-12 would provide a less costly alternative to the recently canceled North American Aviation XF-108, since much of the design and development work on the YF-12 had already been done and paid for. Thus, in 1960 the ...
A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman said that its team will be at the scene on Saturday, and preliminary reports say the Pilatus PC-12/47E aircraft crashed after an “auto pilot ...
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
Data from flight-tracking service FlightAware showed a plane leaving the airport at 2:07 p.m. before its flight ended at 2:09, which is the time that police said they received a notification about ...
On 19 November 1978, Indian Air Force An-12B L950 crashed near Leh Airport, killing all 77 on board; a woman on the ground also died when the aircraft struck a hut. [ 40 ] In 1978, an Aeroflot An-12BP (CCCP-11125) suffered damage when a container filled with acid broke during landing and was withdrawn from use due to severe corrosion.