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Offline Puma44

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Re: U-2 landing
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2012, 03:06:43 PM »
Here's how it's done after the training is complete.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VENI-uE9gxU&feature=youtube_gdata_player



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Offline clerick

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Re: U-2 landing
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2012, 03:15:05 PM »

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Re: U-2 landing
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2012, 03:27:23 PM »
Looks like the hook greatly reduced the "Yahoo!" effect.



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Offline MachFly

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Re: U-2 landing
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2012, 06:05:39 PM »
I wonder if this was any easier...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HMPMYL19E&feature=related

Should be harder because the airplane still does not perform well at low speeds but this time your runway is short and it moves.
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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2012, 06:34:27 PM »
2:40 - "What else could possibley go wrong with today..."
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Re: U-2 landing
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2012, 10:46:28 PM »
Should be harder because the airplane still does not perform well at low speeds but this time your runway is short and it moves.

If it performed poorly at low speed, never read anything that said it has any issues.  One guy did say something about deck angle on takeoff is very impressive and it's a race to get the gear up before exceeding Vle.
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Re: U-2 landing
« Reply #21 on: February 07, 2012, 08:16:02 PM »