Habu.Org Links last updated December 11, 2006
If you haven't seen them already, be sure to check out:





Two of the oldest blackbird pages on the net, and still two of the best

Contributors to Habu.Org:

• David Benjamin
• Paul Brokering
• Leo A. Daly Architects
• The Daily Feed
• John Freedman
• Leland Haynes - SR-71 crew chief with a four-star web page
• Blake Holliday
• Bill Kistler
• Lt.Col. Jarmo "Charles" Lindberg - photos and links to dozens of aviation museums
• Robb Magley
• Tom Mahood - his 2-year search for 928 is a must-read
• Ben Rogers
• John Stone
  one of the first blackbird web pages, and still one of the best. An excellent source for blackbird news; don't miss his Blackbird Timeline
• Joe Tomasone
• E.J. van Koningsveld
• Paul Voloshin
• John Weeks

Blackbird Pages:

• Lockheed Martin:
• Lockheed Martin Skunkworks
• Digital Photo Collection
• Skunkworks Gift Shop
• NASA's Dryden Flight Reseach Center
• Habu.Org's mirror site for NASA's DFRC photo archive

Habu Museums:

• Aerospace Historical Center
• Air Force Armament Museum
• Beale Air Force Base
• Blackbird Airpark
  
  YF-12 40th Anniversary Memorabilia available directly from the museum
• California Science Center
• Castle Air Force Base
Habu.Org photos from Castle Air Museum
• Duxford Imperial War Museum
• Edwards Air Force Base
• Air Force Flight Test Center museum at Edwards
• 8th Air Force Museum, Barksdale AFB
• Evergreen Aviation Museum
• Hill Aerospace Museum
• Intrepid Air and Space Museum
• Kalamazoo Air Zoo
• Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Museum
• Lackland Air Force Base
• March Field Museum
• alternate page for March ARB
• Minnesota Air Guard Museum
• Museum of Flight
• Robins Air Force Base Museum of Aviation
• SAC Museum
• Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum:
• - photos and writeup on the SR-71 stored at Dulles
• - photos of aircraft stored for new annex at Dulles
• - unique license plate to fund Blackbird restoration at Dulles
• Southern Museum of Flight
• USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park
• U.S. Space and Rocket Museum
• Virginia Aviation Museum
  • SR-71 Status Reports - daily account of 968's journey from Edwards to Richmond
• US Air Force Museum
• - additional SR-71 photos
• - additional YF-12 photos



• National Museum of Naval Aviation --- no blackbirds, but much too good a museum to pass up



• Aviation Enthusiast's Corner - extremely thorough resource for museums and airshows
• The Cold War Museum - by Francis Gary Powers, Jr.
• Sky's the Limit Aviation Specialties - the ultimate blackbird gift shop
• WorldWide Aircraft Recovery, Ltd. - top-notch aircraft transportation team
• KG Wings Scale Model Museum - model aircraft only, but they are the BEST (seeing is believing)

Real "Habus" (includes ground crews):

• Kelly Johnson --- dedication to the man who started it all, by Leland Haynes



• Buck Adams --- SR-71 pilot and world-record holder
• Clyde Adkins --- SR-71 maintainer
• Tom Alison --- SR-71 pilot
• Robby Butterfield --- SR-71 crew chief
• Robert Behler --- SR-71 pilot and 9th SRW commander
• Tony Bevacqua --- SR-71 pilot
• Donn Byrnes --- YF-12 and SR-71 flight systems engineer
• Bill Campbell --- SR-71 pilot
• Hal Confer --- SR-71 pilot and wing commander
• Walt Daniel --- YF-12 flight test engineer and world-record holder
• Duane W. Deal --- SR-71 pilot
• Rich Graham --- SR-71 pilot and 9th SRW commander
• Bill Groninger --- SR-71 pilot
• Pat Halloran --- SR-71 pilot and wing commander
• Jim Halsell --- SR-71 pilot (and space shuttle pilot/commander)
• Ray Haupt --- A-12 and SR-71 pilot, squadron and wing commander
• William Hayes --- SR-71 wing commander
• Leland Haynes --- SR-71 crew chief with a four-star web page
• Ken Hurley --- SR-71 RSO
• Eldon Joersz --- SR-71 pilot and world-record holder
• Tom Keck --- SR-71 pilot
• Charlie Minter --- SR-71 wing commander
• Doug Nelson --- SR-71 pilot and wing commander
• Jerry O'Malley --- SR-71 pilot and wing commander
• Ray Scalise --- YF-12 civilian FCO
• Lou Schalk --- Lockheed A-12 and YF-12 test pilot
• Brian Shul --- SR-71 pilot
• Robert "Silver Fox" Stephens --- dedication to the late YF-12 and SR-71 test pilot
• John Storrie --- SR-71 pilot
• Denny Sullivan --- A-12 and SR-71 pilot
• J.T. Vida --- dedication to the late SR-71 RSO
• Walt Watson --- SR-71 RSO
• Roadrunners International --- official site of the A-12 test program group

NASA pilots and crews:
• Marta Bohn-Meyer --- NASA SR-71 flight research engineer
• Bill Dana --- NASA YF-12 test pilot
• Einar Enevoldson --- NASA YF-12 test pilot
• Fitz Fulton, Jr. --- NASA YF-12 test pilot
• Steve Ishmael --- NASA SR-71 project pilot
• Gary Krier --- NASA YF-12 test pilot
• Don Mallick --- NASA YF-12 test pilot
• Ed Schneider --- NASA SR-71 project pilot
• Rogers Smith --- NASA SR-71 project pilot

Blackbird articles online:

• SR-71 Status Reports - firsthand account of 968's journey from Edwards to Richmond
• Air and Space Magazine article on the blackbird engines
• CombatSim.Com interview with Richard Graham

Personal blackbird pages:

• Neville Dawson
• Patrick Pemberton
• Roger Whitcomb - Aircraft Photographs and Air Displays
• Dan's Blackbird Page

Other "black aircraft" pages:

• George Kasica's Skunk Works Digest - with threads on Lockheed and other black aircraft projects
• Brent Kellogg's Black Projects/Military Aircraft page
• Preserved US Military Aircraft - great resource for tail spotters of all types (not just blackbirds)
• US Air Force Serial Numbers - lists all aircraft serial numbers from 1908 thru today

Other aircraft-specific pages:

• B-2 Spirit - from David Hastings
• B-36 Peacemaker - outstanding page from the "Goleta Air and Space Museum"
• B-36 Peacemaker - yet another great page on the last of the prop-powered bombers
• C-5A Galaxy - outstanding site with firsthand info by Mike Neely
• C-130 Hercules - fine tribute by Scott Gager to Lockheed's perennial workhorse
• Concorde - outstanding site on the fastest commercial aircraft ever
• Concorde - another good site for Concorde fans
• F-22 Raptor - dedicated to the latest joint venture from the Skunkworks
• F-111 Aardvark - nice page from Down Under
• F-117A Nighthawk - outstanding site from Kevin Helm on another Skunkworks creation
• U-2/SR-71 - Blackbirds.Net (John Stone's Blackbird Page), one of the first blackbird web pages and still one of the best. An excellent source for blackbird news; don't miss his Blackbird Timeline
• XB-70 Valkyrie - Steve Levin's tribute to one of the 2 most beautiful airplanes ever
• X-32 and X-35 - Original collectibles on both proposed Joint Strike Fighters



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