View Full Version : U2 spy plane still alive and kicking
LeoVampire
03-24-2010, 12:28 PM
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109138/u-2-spy-plane-evades-the-day-of-retirement
It shows just because your old it dosn't mean your worthless!
19242
It's amazing how good our tech was back when this was built.
justbob
03-24-2010, 12:45 PM
Good read! But it sucks that the pilots are getting long term effects from it.
guspech750
03-24-2010, 01:26 PM
Good read and a great plane!!
ImpalaSlayer
03-24-2010, 01:30 PM
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guspech750
03-24-2010, 01:37 PM
I did not realize the U2 could fly that high. Awesome video.
Marauder_Santa
03-24-2010, 05:27 PM
I used to watch this plane take off and land just about every day from Osan AB Korea. (1978 - 79) Not very fast, but could almost take off straight up.
Vortex
03-24-2010, 08:24 PM
Hard to believe originally it was developed from the F-104:
http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/f104.gif
One of my three all time favorite planes, basically a big J-79 with a chair attached. My other two faves are the XB-70
andhttp://www.murdoconline.net/2008/xb-70_stbd.jpg the B-58
http://cdn.globalaircraft.org/media/img/planes/lowres/b-58_1.jpg
dakslim
03-25-2010, 08:22 AM
One of those had to make an emergency landing at Da Nang in '65 and they hustled it off the flight line and into a hanger in no time flat.
One of those had to make an emergency landing at Da Nang in '65 and they hustled it off the flight line and into a hanger in no time flat.
One of what, there are 4 different aircraft pictured :confused:
dakslim
03-25-2010, 09:35 AM
One of what, there are 4 different aircraft pictured :confused:
U-2's dips**t!:argue:
Haggis
03-25-2010, 09:57 AM
U-2's dips**t!:argue:
:lol:
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2,4shofast
03-25-2010, 01:49 PM
U-2's dips**t!:argue:
Ha ha:lol: That was a good laugh!
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