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How U-2 Spy Planes Flew from U.S. Navy Aircraft Carriers
The dollies—plus a special sling—would be used to position the spy planes on the flight deck. Given the U-2’s 103-foot wingspan, these tools would be essential. The carriers selected for the ...
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Russia's MiG-25 Foxbat Freaked the Air Force Out (Until They Flew It)
The Soviet MiG-25 "Foxbat" was a high-speed interceptor designed to counter U.S. spy planes like the U-2 and SR-71. With ...
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Flying the U-2 spy plane
There aren’t many current and former U-2 spy plane pilots in the world, but I recently had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with one of them. Stan Rauch, who turns 80 this month, grew up at Lake ...
U-2, T-38 And F-16 Flights, Plus Hurricane Fly-Throughs—All In A Day’s Work
As prep for a Kansas trip to participate in a KC-135 mid-air refueling, we thought it would be interesting to revisit other ...
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U-2: World’s Highest Man, For A Few Minutes Anyway
It’s extremely rare for a civilian - even a journalist - to score an edge-of-space ride in the backseat of a U-2 spy plane. So-called DV (distinguished visitor) flights are mainly reserved for ...
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On the Baltimore PD’s Spy Plane
These tools, many made by for-profit startups, will most likely make their way into US police forces someday, just like the spy plane made its way from Iraq to Baltimore. We in the U.S. need to ...