Message posted by Peter Merlin on April 08, 2007 at 15:11:23 PST:

Aurora Auctions has listed an A-12 flight recorder on eBay. It's a very cool collectible for anyone with an interest in the Blackbirds or Area 51.

I have one of these. T.D. Barnes borrowed it for display at the Atomic Testing Museum during the next Roadrunners reunion. Part numbers and Skunk Works inspection stamps confirm it is from an A-12. There are illustrations of this item in some of the A-12 technical manuals.

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