A-12 Avenger II - The Flying Dorito



The Avenger II was to be the US Navy's new Advanced Tactical Aircraft, designed to replace the Grumman A-6 Intruder as the Navy's primary carrier-based attack aircraft. The design never reached production, cancelled by the US Government after a series of budget overruns, design problems, and political infighting. Not much has been released about the Avenger II, no doubt due to the lawsuits that followed the government's cancellation of the production contract. Virtually everything was destroyed in the aftermath - both data and jobs. Massive layoffs occurred at both McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics after the contract was cancelled.

This page is not about why the A-12 should or should not have been produced - it is simply my tribute to a plane that was never built. I hope this represents the ultimate collection of information about the Avenger II or, as it was known by those on the program, the Flying Dorito. All images and information was obtained from public sources - I never worked on or had access to anything to do with the A-12 program. Now you know as much as I do about the ultimate stealth aircraft, one that was *never* detected by radar...

Sneaky Pete
Information about the A-12 Avenger II and the A-12 Full Scale Mockup
Artist's Concepts of the A-12 Avenger II
3-view drawings of the A-12 Avenger II
Structural cutaways and details of the A-12 Avenger II
The Cockpit of the A-12 Avenger II
Detail Photos of A-12 Heads Up Display Unit
Detail Photos of A-12 Stick and Throttle
Restoration of the A-12 Full Scale Mockup
The A-12 Full Scale Mockup On Display
Detail Photos of the A-12 Full Scale Mockup
Scale Models of the A-12
Links to Other A-12 Web Sites


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