MyBlackBeasts
05-29-2012, 09:57 AM
Enjoy!
The U-2 in the video is a trainer so that's why there are two cockpits. The regular U-2 does not have the higher cockpit.
Absolutely amazing !!!!!
Take a flight on the U-2!
Amazing video you can see the curvature of the earth and the dark of deep
space. The passenger is the fellow from the TV series Top Gear.
You can see why the U-2 is considered the most difficult plane in the world
to fly. Each pilot has a co-pilot, who chases the plane on the runway in a
sports car. Most of the cars are either Pontiac GTOs or Chevrolet Camaros —
the Air Force buys American. The chase cars talk the pilot down as he lands
on bicycle-style landing gear.
In that spacesuit, the pilot in the plane simply cannot get a good view of
the runway.
Upon takeoff, the wings on this plane, which extend 103 feet from tip to
tip, literally flap.
To stabilize the wings on the runway, two pogo sticks on wheels prop up the
ends of the wings.
As the plane flies away, the pogo sticks drop off.
The plane climbs at an amazing rate of nearly 10,000 feet a minute.
Within about four minutes, I was at 40,000 feet, higher than most commercial
airplanes. We kept going up to 13 miles above Earth's surface.
You get an incredible sensation up there. As you look out the windows,
it feels like you're floating, it feels like you're not moving, but you're
actually going 500 mph..
The U-2 was built to go higher than any other aircraft. In fact today,
more than 50 years since it went into production, the U-2 flies higher than
any aircraft in the world with the exception of the space shuttle.
It is flying more missions and longer missions than ever before —
nearly 70 missions a month over Iraq and Afghanistan , an operational
tempo that is unequaled in history.
The pilots fly for 11 hours at a time, sometimes more than 11 hours up
there alone.
By flying so high, the U-2 has the capability of doing reconnaissance
over a country without actually violating its airspace.
It can look off to the side, peering 300 miles or more inside a country
without actually flying over it.
It can "see" in the dark and through clouds.
It can also "hear," intercepting conversations 14 miles below.
The U-2, an incredible piece of history and also a current piece of
high technology, is at the center of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .
Enjoy the ride!
Click the link below. Go to the lower Right corner of the screen and click
the icon immediately to the left of the volume control to bring up the full
screen.
Be sure to hit the full screen button on the video. This is truly amazing.
Enjoy
Click Here for a Ride In a U2 - Have Your Sound On
http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/ (http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/)
The U-2 in the video is a trainer so that's why there are two cockpits. The regular U-2 does not have the higher cockpit.
Absolutely amazing !!!!!
Take a flight on the U-2!
Amazing video you can see the curvature of the earth and the dark of deep
space. The passenger is the fellow from the TV series Top Gear.
You can see why the U-2 is considered the most difficult plane in the world
to fly. Each pilot has a co-pilot, who chases the plane on the runway in a
sports car. Most of the cars are either Pontiac GTOs or Chevrolet Camaros —
the Air Force buys American. The chase cars talk the pilot down as he lands
on bicycle-style landing gear.
In that spacesuit, the pilot in the plane simply cannot get a good view of
the runway.
Upon takeoff, the wings on this plane, which extend 103 feet from tip to
tip, literally flap.
To stabilize the wings on the runway, two pogo sticks on wheels prop up the
ends of the wings.
As the plane flies away, the pogo sticks drop off.
The plane climbs at an amazing rate of nearly 10,000 feet a minute.
Within about four minutes, I was at 40,000 feet, higher than most commercial
airplanes. We kept going up to 13 miles above Earth's surface.
You get an incredible sensation up there. As you look out the windows,
it feels like you're floating, it feels like you're not moving, but you're
actually going 500 mph..
The U-2 was built to go higher than any other aircraft. In fact today,
more than 50 years since it went into production, the U-2 flies higher than
any aircraft in the world with the exception of the space shuttle.
It is flying more missions and longer missions than ever before —
nearly 70 missions a month over Iraq and Afghanistan , an operational
tempo that is unequaled in history.
The pilots fly for 11 hours at a time, sometimes more than 11 hours up
there alone.
By flying so high, the U-2 has the capability of doing reconnaissance
over a country without actually violating its airspace.
It can look off to the side, peering 300 miles or more inside a country
without actually flying over it.
It can "see" in the dark and through clouds.
It can also "hear," intercepting conversations 14 miles below.
The U-2, an incredible piece of history and also a current piece of
high technology, is at the center of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan .
Enjoy the ride!
Click the link below. Go to the lower Right corner of the screen and click
the icon immediately to the left of the volume control to bring up the full
screen.
Be sure to hit the full screen button on the video. This is truly amazing.
Enjoy
Click Here for a Ride In a U2 - Have Your Sound On
http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/ (http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/)