Testing Conex box flight stability at Area 51 prior to placing it on Bald Mountain. In the background, Hangar 8, the P.E. Building and Fire Station #2.

H-43B carrying all needed equipment, material and personnel to the top of Bald Mountain during construction of the original antenna structure. To this day the site can only be serviced by helicopter

View SSW over the northern Emigrant Valley with the top of Bald Mountain in the foreground

UH-1F construction project of the original radio site on Papoose Mountain. Photo facing NE, with Bald Mountain in the background. A part of Groom Lake is visible, with the long northern overrun of the original runway 14.

U-3B and C-210 support aircraft on the ramp in front on Hangar 8. Photo facing SW, with Papoose Mountain in the background

For more photos and the story behind the photos see these links to the Roadrunners Web Site:

• Training Program, CIA A-12 pilots - By Frank Murray, A-12 Pilot
• History of Helicopter Ops Area 51, Sept '62 - June '67, Det 1 1129th USAF Special Activities Squadron - By Charlie Trapp, Jr., Chief of Rescue and Survival Branch
• The Lake Mead Parasail Exercise