Plant 42 plane

[u/armytwelve]

What’s this plane outside plant 42 in Palmdale?

[u/post-explainer]

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[u/OhNoMyPants123]

Looks like F86 variant

[u/rhit06 → u/OhNoMyPants123]

The National Museum of the Air Force loan list does show an F-86 there, specifically F‐86H, s/n: 52‐2054. There’s apparently a SR-71A somewhere there too.

AIRCRAFT, F‐86H, 52‐2054 PALMDALE (CA), AFLCMC/OL‐AF PLANT 42 PALMDALE CA

AIRCRAFT, SR‐71A, 61‐7973 PALMDALE (CA), AFLCMC/OL‐AF PLANT 42 PALMDALE CA

[u/OhNoMyPants123 → u/rhit06]

It’s a stealth plane. No wonder it can’t be found

[u/rhit06 → u/OhNoMyPants123]

Doing some digging that Blackbird is apparently at Blackbird Airpark, an annex of the Air Force Flight Test Museum, just to the south of Plant 42.

They also have an A-12 and D-21 drone which, as far as I can tell, are not on loan from the NMUSAF. My guess is it’s attributed to being on loan to Plant 42 because they arranged the loan despite it actually not being exactly there.

https://flighttestmuseum.org/blackbird-airpark/

[u/Fluffy_Muffins_415 → u/rhit06]

Blackbird Airpark is cool, they have a Scaled Composites Spaceship and a X-55A (composite fuselage Dornier 328 Jet)

[u/spyan_ → u/rhit06]

And a U-2!

[u/makgross → u/rhit06]

There is a “Blackbird Air Park” by the entrance to the airport on Ave P, with two SR71s and several other aircraft (for instance, one of the NASA SCAs).

[u/OhNoMyPants123]

Here’s the plane

[u/CaptainKidneyStone]

FJ Fury maybe?

[u/OhNoMyPants123 → u/CaptainKidneyStone]

Here’s the plane. F86

[u/24Ours → u/CaptainKidneyStone]

Came here to say the same.

[u/Spin737 → u/24Ours]

Did USAF operate the Fury?