[mylife]

Lots of pics at the link.

[ConorMacNessa]

Outstanding, My - over a half century of service and still on the job! And still doing the job well!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[miliantnutcase]

You can’t always have a satellite over head of your engagement. And to think this plane was supposed to be retired.

[driftdiver]

I’ve watched one of those military channel shows on teh U2. Evidently the flight envelope at altitude is razer thin. Something like 7 knots difference between stall and ripping the wings off. Not sure if thats accurate but its done some incredible work.

[bmwcyle]

Hand Salute.......................two

[dennisw]

I thought the U-2 was retired long ago. That airplane was flying back when Eisenhower was President. But then so were B-52s and we still run them

[vetvetdoug]

My Father was stationed at Laughlin AFB, Texas in the early 1960’s. U-2’s flew out of there almost on a daily basis. One of my elementary school classmates lost his father that was piloting a U-2 over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis back in 62’.

[50cal Smokepole]

That’s a good story. Seems that there is a real need for airborne spy stuff that isn’t remotely controlled.

[BIGLOOK]

Great thread My!

Good follow up on the one reporting that the U-2s were still in service....an over sized glider with a jet engine.

[RicocheT]

Brave pilot as the U-2 has always been difficult to fly. The design decisions to make it able to fly so high also made it hard to control. Newer high performance aircraft have computer assisted flight controls, but the U-2 is still dependent on pilot skill. The U-2 engines also stall at very inconvenient intervals.

[alfa6]

Thanks for the ping BIGLOOK

TTIUWP

Regards

alfa6 ;>}