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On our way home from California, we stopped in Palmdale for a quick visit to the Palmdale Airpark and Blackbird Airpark. These are located on the edge of Palmdale Regional Airport and the famous Plant 42. The Palmdale Airpark (it isn't a museum yet) is run by the City of Palmdale and currently has 20 airframes on outside display in a landscaped setting. There are no facilities, but the adjacent Blackbird Airpark has a small gift shop and restrooms, and has three airframes on outside display. Entrance to both is free. Here are some photos of selected airframes. While quite open, space is cramped and there are some very solid and a little too high concrete bollards in front of the aircraft. Luckily, there were no other visitors when I was there. Canadair Sabre Mk.5, N91FS, formerly BAE Systems: IMG_3172 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr Curtiss C-46, 44-78019: IMG_3170 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr Lockheed C-140 Jetstar, N814NA, ex-NASA: IMG_3163 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr T-38A, 63-8182: IMG_3157 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr A-4C 145067: IMG_3155 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr Rutan Triumph N143SC: IMG_3135 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr B747 N911NA ex-NASA and B-52F 57-0038 IMG_3121 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr X-55A ACCA (converted Fairchild-Dornier 328) N807LM: IMG_3116 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr F-14A 164350: IMG_3114 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr F-4D 65-0696: IMG_3103 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr F-104C 57-0915: IMG_3102 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr F-100D 54-2299, ex-Thunderbirds: IMG_3100 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr F-101F 58-0324: IMG_3098 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr And at the Blackbird Airpark just next door, the SR-71 and A-12: IMG_3083 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr U-2 IMG_3081 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr Yours truly.... IMG_3176 by Paul Bradley, on Flickr