Lockheed A-12B "Titanium Goose" (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / Vernon / Los Angeles, California
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Serial Number: 60-6927
Construction Number: 124

Nicknamed "Titanium Goose," is sometimes referred to as the "A-12B" because of its SR-71B-like rear seat. The only A-12 trainer ever built, it is displayed on a pedestal near the parking facility at the California Science Center.
This A-12 sat at Lockheed's location at AF Plant #42 in Palmdale, CA for a number of years before finally being moved here in August 2003, and is the last A-12 to be put on permanent display. Like M-21 #60-6940, it is one of only two Blackbirds still sporting a mostly bare-metal motif. This A-12 logged more than twice as much flight time as any other A-12, 1076.4 hours.

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Coordinates:   34°0'55"N   118°17'4"W
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