Darryl Greenamyer recalled how he acquired his now-famous Bearcat known as Conquest I. "When I went to work for the Skunk Works it took over three months to get my security clearance. It was interesting — I could go to the Burbank factory and watch the A-12s being assembled, but I could not go to The Area [Area 51 at Groom Lake] to fly it. It was about this time I heard about the resurrection of the national air races. A doctor friend was partner in a Bearcat with another doctor and it had been sitting dormant, so I asked if it was for sale and they said no. However, we made a deal. I bought into half the airplane, got it flying, and went racing. I chose to race a Bearcat simply because one was available."
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