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Offline schizer

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« on: June 22, 2005, 08:02:58 AM »
Crashed on landing in United Arab Emriates, pilot dead.
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2005, 08:31:32 AM »
damn.. jus read it here. Only said that a U2 had gone down somewere in SE Asia.
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2005, 09:49:38 AM »
They land in UAE?  Thought they just landed in America....unless it was some kind of failure.  Any other details?
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2005, 09:52:25 AM »
During the cold war they used to land in Norway, but thats a secret so keep it under your hat.
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« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2005, 11:58:58 AM »
I didn't know U-2's were still in service.

To the pilots family.
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2005, 12:23:49 PM »
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I didn't know U-2's were still in service.

To the pilots family.


I wondered the same thing... still the TR-1 are in service IIRC, and they look practically the same.

EDIT... Doh, the TR-1 were redesignated as U-2S.
« Last Edit: June 22, 2005, 12:28:15 PM by Sandman »
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« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2005, 02:01:50 PM »
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I didn't know U-2's were still in service.

 

80-90% of U-2A is gone.. crashed or has been shot down.

Current version is a littla bit newer but im not sure how is that called (U-2v ??)

35 left in service according to official data (probably janes)
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« Reply #7 on: June 22, 2005, 02:18:36 PM »
Over LA, I was chatting Wx with a buddy on 123.4. A U2 Pilot said he was at 60K, and gave me a complete cloud coverage of the area. He said he was flying a civilian u2 for "lab testing".

Chanel 123.4 is kind of like the o'club, be who you want to be, nevertheless, his Wx report was dead on.:)
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« Reply #8 on: June 22, 2005, 02:53:41 PM »
A crash doesn't suprise me...aparently a very hard plane to handle..especially on landing....they have Z28 Camaro's as a spotter/chase car to give the pilots landing directions.
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« Reply #9 on: June 22, 2005, 03:07:37 PM »
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They land in UAE?  Thought they just landed in America....unless it was some kind of failure.  Any other details?



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160313,00.html
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