English: 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).
Date
Source
Area 51 book promotional site (
Image, credited to CIA/Roadrunners Internationale)
Author
Unknown, credited to CIA/Roadrunners Internationale
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