Funny ;
Those don't look like kiddie Pilots ~ I thought they only used young 'uns .
-Nate
Mark wrote:
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> Check this out!
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> *_Ride in a U2 Spy Plane . . ._*
> *You can see why the U-2 is considered the most difficult plane in the
> world to fly. Each pilot has a co-pilot, who chases the plane on the
> runway in a sports car. Most of the cars are either Pontiac GTOs or
> Chevrolet Camaros â€" the Air Force buys American. The chase cars talk
> the pilot down as he lands on bicycle-style landing gear.*
> *In that spacesuit, the pilot in the plane simply cannot get a good view
> of the runway. Upon takeoff, the wings on this plane, which extend 103
> feet from tip to tip, literally flap.*
> *The plane climbs at an amazing rate of nearly 10,000 feet a minute.
> Within about four minutes, I was at 40,000 feet, higher than any
> commercial airplane. We kept going up to 13 miles above Earth's surface.*
> *You get an incredible sensation up there. As you look out the windows,
> it feels like you're floating, like you're not moving, but you're
> actually going 500 mph! The U-2 was built to go higher than any other
> aircraft. In fact today, more than 50 years since it went into
> production, the U-2 flies higher than any aircraft in the world with the
> exception of the space shuttle.*
> *Even in 2011, the U2 is flying more missions and longer missions than
> ever before -- nearly 70 missions a month over Iraq and Afghanistan, an
> operational tempo that is unequaled in history. The pilots fly for 11
> hours at a time. By flying so high, the U-2 has the capability of doing
> reconnaissance over a country without actually violating its airspace.
> It can look off to the side, peering 300 miles or more inside a country
> without actually flying over it. It can "see" in the dark and through
> clouds.*
> *It can also "hear," intercepting conversations 14 miles below. The
> U-2... an incredible piece of history and also acurrentpiece of high
> technology... is at the center of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.*
> *Enjoy the ride**!***
> *Click Here for a Ride In a U2 - Have Your Sound On*
> <http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/>
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