A flight to the edge of space
Fellow list member Rob sent me this link to a BBC video about a flight in a U-2. Wow! http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/ patrick p.s. For the adventurous out there, here are a few more flying stories that might get your blood pumping: feed://www.aopa.org/pilot/never_again/podcast.xml
Truly breathtaking video, Patrick Thanks --- On Sun, 1/16/11, Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> wrote: From: Patrick Wiggins <paw@wirelessbeehive.com> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] A flight to the edge of space To: "utah astronomy utah astronomy listserve" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Sunday, January 16, 2011, 5:49 AM Fellow list member Rob sent me this link to a BBC video about a flight in a U-2. Wow! http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/ patrick p.s. For the adventurous out there, here are a few more flying stories that might get your blood pumping: feed://www.aopa.org/pilot/never_again/podcast.xml _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
Do they (Air Force) fly these any more? Was it just the SR-71 that was taken out of service?
I liked the comment that "this was considered space in 1950". Fellow list member Rob sent me this link to a BBC video about a flight in
a U-2. Wow!
http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/
patrick
p.s. For the adventurous out there, here are a few more flying stories that might get your blood pumping:
feed://www.aopa.org/pilot/never_again/podcast.xml _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.slas.us/gallery2/main.php Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com
On 16 Jan 2011, at 09:50, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
Do they (Air Force) fly these any more? Was it just the SR-71 that was taken out of service?
Actually I had thought that only NASA was still flying U-2s. But quoting Rob's email about the U-2, "It 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". patrick
Hmm, Thought satellites and drones took over manned flights long ago. Anyway weren't the original U-2's single seaters? Perhaps, they have been updated recently as this one had 2 seats.
On 16 Jan 2011, at 09:50, erikhansen@TheBlueZone.net wrote:
Do they (Air Force) fly these any more? Was it just the SR-71 that was taken out of service?
Actually I had thought that only NASA was still flying U-2s. But quoting Rob's email about the U-2, "It 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".
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