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Why landing the U-2 may be one of the hardest jobs in the sky

The Lockheed U-2 was built to slip above hostile airspace, not to make pilots look good in the traffic pattern. Its long, ...
bobsurgranny on MSN

The Lockheed U-2 leaves the ground with a glider-like leap

A Lockheed U-2 spy plane accelerates down the runway and lifts off in just seconds, its long glider-like wings generating lift almost immediately. As the aircraft climbs away, the unmistakable howl of ...
Jalopnik

The U-2 Spy Plane May Be Old, But It's Celebrating Its 70th Birthday By Setting New Records

Not many 70-year-olds can set endurance or distance records. But the U-2 spy plane did both on July 31. It took off from Beale Air Force Base in California and flew a zig-zag lap around the ...
The Aviationist

U-2 Dragon Lady Breaks Altitude and Endurance Records During 70th Anniversary Flight

Flying from Beale AFB, a Lockheed U-2 aircraft, using the specially chosen callsign DRAGON 70, was heard communicating with ATC about a plan to set an endurance and altitude record for the ‘category ...
Aviation Week

Lockheed Martin U-2

The U-2 is a single-engine, high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. Development began in 1954, and a prototype flew the following year. Lockheed built 49 aircraft in the initial configuration, but as ...
Flightglobal

U-2 sets new endurance record 70 years after first flight

Seventy years after the Lockheed Martin U-2 spyplane made its first flight, the distinctive high-altitude jet has set a new endurance record for the type. A two-seat TU-2S trainer variant of the U-2 ...