A12 program

[JetStar]

I had always hoped that one of these partially completed airframes would make it into a museum somewhere.

http://jalopnik.com/5871048/how-a-man-got-a-top-secret-fighter-jets-canopy-for-peanuts-and-got-rich

 

[cbear]

Never heard of that one. I thought this was about the Oxcart.

 

[tom slick]

Originally Posted By: cbear
Never heard of that one. I thought this was about the Oxcart.


+1

 

[JetStar]

I was working on the engine (GE F412) FADEC when it got cancelled, 1991.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-12_Avenger_II

 

[Astro14]

All the A-6 guys were pretty bummed when it got canceled...they thought they were getting the coolest new jets...

 

[JetStar]

Originally Posted By: Astro14
All the A-6 guys were pretty bummed when it got canceled...they thought they were getting the coolest new jets...


We were also working on the F404 Dry engine control for the aborted A-6F program which was cancelled in anticipation of the A12.