@OSCARA320 This show was mainly a static display show and the pilots like to announce there arrival with a flyby for the crowd or he was told by the tower to land from the other side so he can make his stop closer to the displays making it a shorter tow to the display area.
@ LOCKHEED2011 I know a dude who fixes them. (he's of course in the usaf) and there's buttons on that plane he can't tell his own mother about! Yeah they are very interesting. Craziness!
@JDvorak2009 they have things under the wings at takeoff that fall off. you cant see them in this video. and on the landing they just lean over to the side and slide to a stop in a way
i wonder why they didnt just put an undercarraige like the one on the f-104 or similar plane, where two wheels stick out of the fuselage, and one beneath the nose. too much instrumentation? maybe, but its just funny how a top secret, multi-million dollar airplane could be required to drag its wings on the ground. talk about american ingenuity...plus i bet nowadays, all that 1960's tech could fit into something the size of your typical p.c.
I was stationed in Adana, Turkey in 1956 assigned to JAMMAT TUSLOG when I witnessed the arrival of the U2 on flatbed train cars in wood crates and was assembled in the hanger and then flown by Capt.Powers.
actually those outer wheels are called pogos, but close enough, sorry to correct you, its just, u-2s are rare and i know alot about them so i like being a know it all when people ask about them.
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2UNHCR 4 weeks ago
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2UNHCR 1 month ago
I love to go for a ride u-2 spy plane
VENICECHIEF 1 month ago
Why the go around?
OSCARA320 10 months ago
@OSCARA320 This show was mainly a static display show and the pilots like to announce there arrival with a flyby for the crowd or he was told by the tower to land from the other side so he can make his stop closer to the displays making it a shorter tow to the display area.
megashegem 10 months ago
@ LOCKHEED2011 I know a dude who fixes them. (he's of course in the usaf) and there's buttons on that plane he can't tell his own mother about! Yeah they are very interesting. Craziness!
leigh199412 1 year ago
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JDvorak2009 1 year ago
@JDvorak2009 they are very thin and the posts are flexible so it can give a little under the weight during taxi
refused215 1 year ago
@JDvorak2009 they have things under the wings at takeoff that fall off. you cant see them in this video. and on the landing they just lean over to the side and slide to a stop in a way
johnlovesmoney 1 year ago
Do they still use these. are they operatioal ?????????????
andgate2000 2 years ago
Yes the USAF stil employes the U-2 around the globe. Its the best at what it does. NASA also uses couple.
Skyes9 2 years ago
yes i believe there are 50 or less still in use, they operate out of Beale AFB.
thefallguy1986 2 years ago
the wing spand is so big on those
YaBaBy5000 2 years ago
i wonder why they didnt just put an undercarraige like the one on the f-104 or similar plane, where two wheels stick out of the fuselage, and one beneath the nose. too much instrumentation? maybe, but its just funny how a top secret, multi-million dollar airplane could be required to drag its wings on the ground. talk about american ingenuity...plus i bet nowadays, all that 1960's tech could fit into something the size of your typical p.c.
devodrummer 3 years ago
greaaaat video! :)
TigreUruguayo 3 years ago
Punching Pogos sucks sometimes...
mmxakira 3 years ago
I was stationed in Adana, Turkey in 1956 assigned to JAMMAT TUSLOG when I witnessed the arrival of the U2 on flatbed train cars in wood crates and was assembled in the hanger and then flown by Capt.Powers.
Jockobono 3 years ago
That is one hell of a pilot, this plane is the hardest plane to operate.
oslexarkun 3 years ago
there's a U-2 being towed out to runway at Palmdale Ca on Google Earth
infidelredneck 4 years ago
that's crazy, lands with it's wings on the ground?
lydiathedork 4 years ago
no..no..no, when it stops one wing hits the ground until the crew comes and inserts the pogos.
LOCKHEED17 4 years ago
actually those outer wheels are called pogos, but close enough, sorry to correct you, its just, u-2s are rare and i know alot about them so i like being a know it all when people ask about them.
LOCKHEED2011 4 years ago
I've been corrected thank you. I didn't know what they were called but now i know.
megashegem 4 years ago
@LOCKHEED2011 Hey buddy! I read your comment and I really have A LOT of questions about the plane, could you answer some of my questions?
OSCARA320 10 months ago
awsome i live 15 miles from beale afb (home of the u-2 and rQ-4) so i see them pretty often.
LOCKHEED2011 4 years ago