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Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale is home to two collections of vintage airplanes, Blackbird Airpark and the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42. Both airparks are located on Avenue P, adjacent to 25th Street East.
There will eventually be over 40 airplanes on display at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark at Palmdale Plant 42.
Tour the airplanes at the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark on Google Earth.
Link to the Joe Davies Heritage Airpark web page..
Boeing B-52F Stratofortress 57-0038 has been nearly completely reassembled.
Boeing B-52F Stratofortress 57-0038
Boeing B-52F Stratofortress 57-0038
Back on November 11, 2007: Boeing B-52F Stratofortress 57-0038 was previously displayed at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds. It is the only B-52F on display. It was transported to Palmdale by flatbed trucks. This is one big restoration project.
B-52F 57-0038
B-52F 57-0038
Curtiss C-46D Commando, 44-78019A is being restored. There is a pair of C-46 wings nearby.
Back on November 11, 2007: Curtiss C-46D Commando, 44-78019A was formerly in the collection of the Pima Air Museum.
View Curtiss C-46D Commando, 44-78019A in storage at the Pima Air Museum on Google Earth.
Curtiss C-46D Commando, 44-78019A.
North American AGM-28 Hound Dog missile
McDonnell F-101F Voodoo 58-0324 was formerly used for battle damage repair training at Wheeler Air Force Base, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Grumman F-14D Tomcat 164350 of VF-31 made its last landing at Palmdale on September 28, 2006.
Scaled Composites Triumph N143SC all-composite, 8-passenger business jet.
Triumph N143SC is seen here in front of the Scaled Composites hangar at the Mojave Airport on March 23, 2003.
Canadair Sabre Mk. 5, N91FS was formerly operated by Flight Systems Incorporated at the Mojave Airport.
The vertical stabilizer of Lockheed U-2R, 80-1098 is displayed on the right. Curtiss C-46D Commando, 44-78019A is partially assembled in the background.
Lockheed model 1329 Jetstar, N814NA was operated by NASA at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. The pylon on the top of the fuselage was used to test advanced technology propellers.
Link to the NASA Dryden Photo Gallery contact sheet for the Jetstar.
Northrop F-5E Tiger II, Red 06 served the Marine Corps as an aggressor of VMFT-401 Snipers, based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona.
Link to the GlobalSecurity.org page about VMFT-401 Snipers.
Northrop T-38A Talon, 63-8182.
Link to an Airliners.net photo of Northrop T-38A Talon, 63-8182 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on October 11, 1986.
McDonnell-Douglas A-4C Skyhawk, BuNo 145067 was built as an A4D-2N. It was recovered from the Weapons Survivability Laboratory at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and was formerly displayed at the Inyokern Airport.
Link to a Skyhawk.org photo of McDonnell-Douglas A-4C Skyhawk, BuNo 145067 at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in November 1969.
North American F-100D Super Sabre, 54-2299 was formerly displayed at George Air Force Base.
McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II, 65-0696 was formerly operated by Flight Systems Incorporated and then Avtel at the Mojave Airport as N402AV. It launched the first powered free flight of the YBQM-145A at the U.S. Army's Dugway Proving Ground in Utah, near Hill AFB on May 5, 1992.
Link to an Airliners.net photo of McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II, N402AV at the Mojave Airport in July 1996.
Link to Directory of U.S. Military Rockets and Missiles page about the YBQM-145A Peregrine.
Lockheed F-104C Starfighter, 57-0915 was formerly displayed at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
Republic F-105G Wild Weasel, 62-4416 was built as an F-105F. It was the first Thunderchief modified to the EF-105F (later F-105G) configuration, flying for the first time after modification on January 15, 1966. It was formerly assigned to the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing based at George Air Force Base.
Ling-Temco-Vought A-7 Corsair, BuNo 154449.
Blackbird Airpark is the only place where you can see an SR-71A, an A-12, and a D-21 drone together.
Link to the Edwards Air Force Base page about Blackbird Airpark..
Blackbird Airpark recently received another black bird, Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter 79-0783.
Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter 79-0783.
Lockheed F-117A Stealth Fighter 79-0783.
Lockheed U-2D, 56-6721 was built with a second seat in place of the instrument bay behind the cockpit. It was formerly displayed at the March Field Air Museum.
Lockheed U-2D, 56-6721
Mach 3+ D-21 drones were designed to be launched from the Lockheed M-21. After the loss of an M-21 during the launch of a D-21, the D-21s were launched from Boeing B-52H Stratofortresses using solid fuel rocket boosters.
Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7973 and Lockheed A-12, 60-6924 are the featured airplanes at Blackbird Airpark. Lockheed U-2D, 56-6721 can be seen in the background between them. There is a D-21 drone visible in the background under the A-12 on the right.
Lockheed A-12, 60-6924 is the prototype A-12.
Lockheed SR-71A, 61-7973
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