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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 1907807" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Watching a show about the U2 spy plane. Came on line in 1956.</p><p></p><p>During the show, they interviewed one of the pilots. The plane had a 7mph zone to fly in, just below Mach I.</p><p>Below that, the plane would stall, above that, the plane would come apart at cruising speed.</p><p>Pilots had a map on their knees, and flew for 10 hours at 70K altitude. No radar, no GPS.</p><p></p><p>Pilots said it was the most difficult plane to fly in the world in its day.</p><p>The Russians finally designed a missle to take it down, but it stayed in use during the Vietnam war if I remember right.</p><p></p><p>3 pilots died during development. </p><p></p><p>Then came the SR-71 BlackBird....What an amazing piece of flying machine. Skin temps exceeded 1000 degrees f from the speed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 1907807, member: 5412"] Watching a show about the U2 spy plane. Came on line in 1956. During the show, they interviewed one of the pilots. The plane had a 7mph zone to fly in, just below Mach I. Below that, the plane would stall, above that, the plane would come apart at cruising speed. Pilots had a map on their knees, and flew for 10 hours at 70K altitude. No radar, no GPS. Pilots said it was the most difficult plane to fly in the world in its day. The Russians finally designed a missle to take it down, but it stayed in use during the Vietnam war if I remember right. 3 pilots died during development. Then came the SR-71 BlackBird....What an amazing piece of flying machine. Skin temps exceeded 1000 degrees f from the speed. [/QUOTE]
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