Fun U-2 Dragon Lady Video
02-07-2010, 02:53 AM
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Fun U-2 Dragon Lady Video
Turn the speakers up (as long as the kids aren't around) and enjoy some attempts at landing the notoriously hard to land U-2 Dragon Lady.
YouTube - tomcatav8r's Channel
YouTube - tomcatav8r's Channel
02-07-2010, 09:44 AM
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It's a tail dragger and loves to ground loop. Few USAF pilots have ever flow a tail dragger.
On the serious side the statistics are not pretty. One Lockheed test pilot, four CIA pilots, seventeen USAF pilots, one Royal Air Force Pilot, and eleven Chinese (ROCAF) pilots have been killed in U-2 accidents (34 total) Only one (US) was due to combat - Rudy Anderson shot down over Cuba. Four ROCAF pilots were killed in combat.
Of the original 55 U-2A models, forty-three were destroyed and the remaining twelve were involved in major accidents. Some have been restored and placed in museums.
Huggy or Razor - please update my numbers. Thanks.
On the serious side the statistics are not pretty. One Lockheed test pilot, four CIA pilots, seventeen USAF pilots, one Royal Air Force Pilot, and eleven Chinese (ROCAF) pilots have been killed in U-2 accidents (34 total) Only one (US) was due to combat - Rudy Anderson shot down over Cuba. Four ROCAF pilots were killed in combat.
Of the original 55 U-2A models, forty-three were destroyed and the remaining twelve were involved in major accidents. Some have been restored and placed in museums.
Huggy or Razor - please update my numbers. Thanks.
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02-07-2010, 06:51 PM
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It's a good challenge that keeps you on your toes. Lots of good stick and rudder stuff. I flew it for 9 years and really enjoyed my time in the program. Great jet with a good mission.
Xwind limit is a typical 15 knots.
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