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Image: A-12 Schalk Flight, 1962

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Description: An A-12 (60-6924) takes off from Groom Lake during one of the first test flights, piloted by Louis Schalk. Lockheed Martin dates this image (mouse over) as the maiden flight of the A-12, taken April 26, 1962. Roadrunners Internationale, a reunion website for employees of secret US programs, labels the image as the second Schalk flight, dated May 4, 1962. According to habu.org, this photograph was taken during the official maiden flight on April 30, 1962 (and the April 26 flight was an accidental take-off).
Title: A-12 Schalk Flight, 1962
Credit: Area 51 book promotional site (Image, credited to CIA/Roadrunners Internationale)
Author: Unknown, credited to CIA/Roadrunners Internationale
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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