Woah seriously, in 1:01 to like 1:05 is that Chuck Norris?
So the U-2 is some sort of spy plane?
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Ah cool it is, it was used to find missiles in Cuba in the 50s during the missile crisis.
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;26499692]I've wanted to be a helicopter pilot. Plane pilots are hard to become.[/QUOTE]
Maybe in the military, outside it's the other way around. Helicopter flight training is stupidly expensive.
This video is breathtaking however. Read some of the YouTube comments for serious lulz
[QUOTE=Sottalytober;26499692]I've wanted to be a helicopter pilot. Plane pilots are hard to become.[/QUOTE]
Actually flying is really easy.
[QUOTE=Hardpoint Nomad;26502741]Actually flying is really easy.[/QUOTE]
Landing is the hard part. :v:
I hope that I will get that high at least during my life.
Wonder how the hell getting in something like that gets organised.
[QUOTE=I REDSTAR I;26496916]also this plane, i believe is the only plane that the faster you flew the more fuel you would save due to the shape of the plane. Still needed to be refueled often.[/QUOTE]
That's the SR-71, the SR-71's weird design leaks fuel when on the ground, stationary, or at slow speeds, but when it reaches those high speeds the metal heats up and expands which then covers those leak areas.
[QUOTE=Hardpoint Nomad;26502741]Actually flying is really easy.[/QUOTE]
Take off and flying are doable by an average person. Landing? Hahahahahah
[QUOTE=Nyaos;26502491]Maybe in the military, outside it's the other way around. Helicopter flight training is stupidly expensive.
This video is breathtaking however. Read some of the YouTube comments for serious lulz[/QUOTE]
That was my thinking. Army needs more helicopter pilots then airforce does planes.
Imagine flying planes and things like this for a living. Maybe going above the clouds every 3 months.
The sound of almost nothing, and a view art could never bring.
That, is a job I want.
[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;26500163]So the U-2 is some sort of spy plane?
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Ah cool it is, it was used to find missiles in Cuba in the 50s during the missile crisis.[/QUOTE]
If this is 50 years old, imagine what they could be hiding from us now.
[QUOTE=noctune9;26526920]If this is 50 years old, imagine what they could be hiding from us now.[/QUOTE]
UAVs probably made manned recon aircraft obselete.
I still find it funny that they escort it with security cars to protect it even though its hardly classified anymore.
[QUOTE=Saxon;26529371]I still find it funny that they escort it with security cars to protect it even though its hardly classified anymore.[/QUOTE]If you had listened you'd would've heard that those cars aren't for protection, but to provide assistance to the pilot as he lands.
Yep. If you watch James May on the Moon you'll see that explained specifically. The Pilot lands on pretty much what looks like training wheels. The problem is further compounded by the fact that he can't really see very much out of his plane. The dudes in the cars around him are constantly radioing him about his altitude and pitch.
Just a wrong assumption I guess. I figured it was some old cold war paranoia since they used to follow the SR-71 the same way specifically for security, my father tells me stories about how they where so paranoid about espionage that they would do 1-2 low level flybys to make sure that base haven't been taken over before it would land.
The U-2 is amazing really, a 60 year old design and it still hasn't had a proper replacement yet that's as efficient and cost effective except mabey the global hawk but thats a ways off yet
The USAF flies amazing aircraft. Thanks for sharing, OP.
The pilots sound like they were having trouble breathing.
[QUOTE=Tom_Caster;26495214]The pilot sounds pretty well educated and very professional too.[/QUOTE]
The Lockheed U-2 is the hardest aircraft to fly in the entire world, they would only pick the best people they can find to fly it.
I have an airport just outside my neighborhood. It's a small airport, but that's not the point. Every time I see one of the planes take off, I day dream about flying an airplane. Too bad I'm horrified of heights.
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