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Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: schizer on June 22, 2005, 08:02:58 AM

Crashed on landing in United Arab Emriates, pilot dead.

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: Nilsen 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.

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: nirvana 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?

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: Nilsen 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.

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: rpm on June 22, 2005, 11:58:58 AM

I didn't know U-2's were still in service.

To the pilots family.

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: Sandman on June 22, 2005, 12:23:49 PM

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Originally posted by rpm
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.

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: lada on June 22, 2005, 02:01:50 PM

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Originally posted by rpm
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)

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy 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.:)

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: ASTAC 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.

Title: U2 Spy Plane Down
Post by: schizer on June 22, 2005, 03:07:37 PM

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Originally posted by nirvana
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