Lockheed U-2 Flight - The Training + Extra Flight Scenes

[trwagner1]

he needs a haircut

[Rennaaa]

Permission to decompress, sir. LOL

[jackrb11]

at the end of the mission that $2 bill James got how does someone get that

[americanflyyer]

I would have that $2 bill signed by the pilot and put it in a frame on tha wall.

[jlund72]

he says u have to try really hard to grab the reales but there is no air resistance at altitude

[bryUK]

@jlund72 That's hardly true. There might be -less- air resistance, but its certainly not a pure vacuum up there.

And its definitely not a vacuum inside the cockpit!

Apart from that though, he is primarily talking about the effect of G-forces, should the aircraft start tumbling out of the sky.

[jlund72]

@bryUK true if u are under alot of G's eather u edject or the wings break off

[kykahl]

this is so incredible, the fact that human beings are 5 ft something some above that, to go 70,000 ft. above us, just to realize how insignificant we are... i hope we can shed some light on how pathetic most of us human beings actually are. this is almost the land of god... i cant believe this. politicians should watch a video of an A-2 spy plane every week. this gives them the idea, that they are only a human being, and freedom is more than what they think. they are only humans!

[Zumbawithcindy]

Just lovely - our planet is so tiny and so fragile - And that aircraft, which was designed by Kelly Johnson, so many years ago, is still an operational asset. It has outlasted its operational predecessor the SR now, by years. I would call that amazing engineering. If each person could see the planet as is shown here - wars would cease, and the human race would at last crawl from the muck. High Flight........

[evsdaman01]

I want to do this so badly.

[BurningArtsStudios]

this brings a tear to my eye. This is the best thing you could ever do in your life

[123RCUK]

WOW, thats going the be the most valuable $2 on earth. Priceless.

[djsandra1]

*sigh* we need intelligent people to fly these planes

[RoboTekno]

"an explosion in the air."... a missile? lol

[Jpxk17aa]

Great video. I flew the U-2 in the 90's. This is what it was like...miss it.

[jjjcabi]

Jpxk17aa: What is your "Solo Number" ? (so you may be properly identified)

Cabi~

[gothicmessiah]

u r 1 lucky person mister!

i wud do nethin to just test flight this beauty!!!

i mean,its just amazing!

im sure i wud endup in tears after this flight!

i sure do fly,but this is somthin i always dreamt of flying n im surely gonna fulfill that wish someday!

AMEN...

[Topaz233]

Hate to say it, but the U-2's are on their way out, to be replaced in the not-very-distant future by the GlobalHawk UAV. Which doesn't have a pilot on board. If you're not already a U-2 pilot, your chances of becoming one are slim and none.

[jjjcabi]

Not completely true. We are interviewing potential pilots nearly every week. We even just hired a new pilot this past Wednesday.

[mitchsn]

Due to the gap in survellance coverage that would be caused by the retirement of the U2, Congress has decided to fund the U2 until 2012 or 2014 until Global hawk can come online. So with inevitable delays, it could run even longer than 2014

[CPTDJB]

They'll probably be in a niche passenger market in the future.

[yeshuazzgirl]

@Topaz233 LOL!!!!! yeah OK

[templarjay]

dang that U-2 only has 2 landing gears!

[Direwolf56]

why did the rapid pressure drop hurt so much?

[kstsfx]

In god we trust, all others we monitor.. That will never change..

[matelotgeek]

who the fuck is paying for this ?????

[jjjcabi]

YOU are paying for all of it!

[matelotgeek]

yeah I knew that

fuck !

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

i read the application on the beale site lol,im prepared for it!!!

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

im actually 19 too lol i was lazy wene i made my account so it says 26 but im only 19

[jjjcabi]

You'll need to get yourself through College first, then Flight School, then 1500hrs of Pilot in Command in Jets, then apply for the job!!!

Cabi~

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

i plan on going all the way to 80,000 if the TU-2 is capable,i know the 1 seaters without the pods stripped down as much as they can are capable of 91,000 if conditions are right,i dont think they can cruise that high but im sure theyve peaked it somehow

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

thanks guys!!! ill mention both of ya in my adventure ,i am so close i can see it so clearly in my dreams lol

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

im gonna be doing that soon,i am a Flight Officer in the Civil Air Patrol on Beale AFB and will be the youngest person to ever go higher than 50,000 feet,at least i think i would be,i will surely record my training and adventure  -Ian

[bryUK]

I'm afraid you'll have to climb beyond 60,000ft to claim any records, but you would surely do that.

While it was rare for Concorde to reach 60,000ft, it did happen on occasion and typically flew between 48,000 and 55,000ft even with young children aboard, especially during the Barbados flight seasons.

Best of luck though.

[jjjcabi]

Best of luck, OsanBlackCat5RS ! Go for it!

Cabi~

[em3rica89]

you need to go through an air force officer program like air force acadmey, rotc, or ocs.

[OsanBlackCat5RS]

lol yeah i already know that im at goin to embrey riddle at the beale campus next year and going to be AF rotc with it then im gettin my commision baby oh yeah!!

[em3rica89]

bro to tell you the truth don't go to embry riddle lol. i made that mistake and regret it, it'll cost you a lot of money, but hey if your parents have it i say go for it. my semester for this year was over 40k dollars.

[lilaznxloverboy]

pshhh

The stig can do that in just his white suit :P

[brownbitz]

Absolutely Fantastic! James you lucky bastard!!!!!

Anybody know the title of the soundtrack? Perfect for this film.......

[bryUK]

The score probably isn't from an album or something, there is a very good chance it was made especially for this show and not available anywhere outside of the BBC archives.

[neildo]

lucky bastard!!!

[crazyfabio1]

james may "the captan slow" the best guy from top gear