Before delving into the A12 crash is the desert, please take the time to read this:
Louis Wellington Schalk Jr.
ARLINGTON, Va. -- Louis Wellington Schalk Jr., a
decorated former U.S. Air Force pilot who was the first to fly an
A-12 Blackbird plane in 1962, died Friday of leukemia. He was 76.
Schalk made aviation history when he was the first to pilot
the experimental Blackbird jet on April 26, 1962, at Groom Lake,
Nev. He flew several additional A-12 test flights under the auspices
of the CIA and the Air Force in the months following.
Schalk was the first pilot to exceed Mach 3, with a top
speed of 2,287 mph above 90,000 feet, according to aviation
historian Carol L. Osborne. She said Schalk also helped design the
plane's cockpit.
In 1999, Schalk was awarded a spot on the "Aerospace Walk of
Honor" in Lancaster, Calif., the highest honor for experimental test
pilots in aviation history, Osborne said.
Other pilots on the walk include Chuck Yeager, the first to
fly Mach 1, and astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to walk
on the moon.
Now onto the hunt. First, you must read the original Hunt For 928 This website will not give you any better clues than are in the original story, but will have photographs of the various crash sites and perhaps more information the "non-928" crashes.
After you have read Tom's story, click here
Update:
Click here for the "Tacit Skunk" photos of the 928 crash site.