U2 spy plane still alive and kicking

[LeoVampire]

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]

Good read! But it sucks that the pilots are getting long term effects from it.

[guspech750]

Good read and a great plane!!

[ImpalaSlayer]

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[guspech750]

I did not realize the U2 could fly that high. Awesome video.

[Marauder_Santa]

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]

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]

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.

[CBT]

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]

One of what, there are 4 different aircraft pictured :confused:

U-2's dips**t!:argue:

[Haggis]

U-2's dips**t!:argue:

:lol:
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[2,4shofast]

U-2's dips**t!:argue:


Ha ha:lol: That was a good laugh!