Watching Good Morning America this morning while they were talking about the buildup around North Korea. They are sending fighter jets, u-2 spy planes, and what? A u-2 spy plane? Isn"t that what was shot down over Russia in the 1950"s? I"m thinking another journalist doesn"t know what they are talking about. Or maybe I"m wrong and they still use these.
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The U 2 is still flying.The Soviet Union did manage to shoot one down in 1960 and held the pilot for I think about 2 years.(Gary Powers).U2 acft. had been flying over the S.U.for some time,the Russians knew it but couldn't do anything about it.There is more-read the book by Powers "Operation Overflight"
U2's have been used for years to take high altitude air samples as well as recon. missions.
You can find out more about the SR 71 today than you can about the U2.
Saw two SR-71's on static display last week in California. One at Plant 42 museum in Palmdale, where the plane was developed and another at the museum at Edwawds AFB. Talked with a retired SR-71 pilot at Plant 42. Asked him if the top speed was still classified info and his reply was that top speed was not really known. He said he flew one up to Mach 3.4 and it was still gaining speed when he backed off for lack of control.
Tony in Mass.
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Her's another one moonin' you....
Russ from MN
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There is also one (SR71) at USC in LA, right outside the building where the shuttle is.
Green Porsche
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Wright Patterson Museum in Dayton, OH is just down the road from me.. A nice place to spend the day. The Wright Brothers museum and field is also a few miles away..
We had a T38 boondoggle at Eglin in January 1980. We were weathered in for 3 days due to a monster Ice storm back between Eglin and Vance AFB. 50 Vance T38s were on the Eglin ramp. Only 5 at Vance were flyable. The Gods at Randolph were furious with the Vance wing commander. Eileen Collins was on that boondoggle also. It was tough sitting on the beach drinking beer!
The U2 is still being flown, but all the "newer" SR71s have been retired. We even have on in Hutchinson KS.
I always hear about the money wasted by the miitary, but most of their planes are 25 to 50 years old, the tanks are 20 to to 40 years old, many of their Hummers are 20+ years old. Even their rifles are usually older than the soldier carrying them.
I've never seen a high school shop class rebuilding a 30 year old bus to put back on the road.
I always hear about the money wasted by the miitary, but most of their planes are 25 to 50 years old, the tanks are 20 to to 40 years old, many of their Hummers are 20+ years old. Even their rifles are usually older than the soldier carrying them.
I've never seen a high school shop class rebuilding a 30 year old bus to put back on the road.
Grek K,
I can confirm the Army's use of "well used equipment" When I crossed the "berm" into Iraq I had, within my platoon, a shop van that had been in Korea... as in the Korean War!!! In fact all of the vehicles in my platoon were older than the troopers driving them. But every one of those trucks drove the 400 miles to northern Iraq operated for 12 months and drove us out. (with the exception of a few that were blown up)
-Paul
I can confirm the Army's use of "well used equipment" When I crossed the "berm" into Iraq I had, within my platoon, a shop van that had been in Korea... as in the Korean War!!! In fact all of the vehicles in my platoon were older than the troopers driving them. But every one of those trucks drove the 400 miles to northern Iraq operated for 12 months and drove us out. (with the exception of a few that were blown up)
-Paul
I read an article in the Readers Digest about the SR-71 many years ago. They said at the time there was "unofficially" 41 of them. The temperature on the windshield got up to 700 degrees. The pilot said that he hardened an tempered the steel with every flight. Just how fast is Mach3? It would outrun a 30-06 bullet. I couldn't read the sign below with the pictures's so it might have already said that. Awesome plane, then and now.
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