They are an impressive bird, I saw a photo taken from a u2, and you could see space, even though it was daylight, and you could see the curviture of the earth, what I wouldn't give to ride in one !!!
hey buddy where do you live? becaus i live 15 miles from beale afb home of the u-2, and im in a CAP sq at beale, i go there every monday, and i see them and learn about them, and on average they take about 14 minutes to get to there operational hight, 70,000 feet, believe me, my CAP captain use to work on them.
See u2chief's comments... my argument was that it can't climb to 50k ft in 2:30 like rambo2013 stated. Average climb (conserving fuel) to 60k is 45, fastest ever is 12 mins.
um, excuse me i live by beale afb, and the u-2 does not take 45 minutes to climb to 60,000 feet, it only takes about 10 minutes, and they can get to 30,000 feet in about 3 to 4 minutes, and if you ask how i know, well im in the civil air patrol at beale afb in SQ 19 and they teach us about the u-2, and most of the senoir members of civil air patrol SQ 19 are in the air force or use to work on the u-2 so they know, also i see them take off all the time, and they are out of sight in like 1 minute
I should think that is entirely possible if fuel consumption isn't an issue (and of anyone, you should know!)- it was the 2:30 figure that I was referring to, which to be honest, even a Lightning would have to work hard to achieve...
That's an average rate, max rate is far above that. Now, no the U-2 can't climb to 50,000 in 2 minutes, but it does hold the vertical climb record, flying to an altitude of 60,000 in 12 minutes.
Before you argue-I know first hand, I work on them.
Idiot - The U2 cannot climb anywhere near that quickly. It takes 30-45 minutes to climb out to 60,000 ft. The Lightning had an initial rate of climb of 50,000 ft/minute but that slows with altitude. The average rate over 50,000 ft was closer to about 30,000/min.
Before you argue - the 30-45 minutes figure comes from the NASA website, and the Lightning has never been beaten for rate of climb.
like a homesick angel.
sking0369 3 years ago
Original U2/
Two pilots in the world: 1. DAMN 2.033
very difficult...
senamatrix 3 years ago
They are an impressive bird, I saw a photo taken from a u2, and you could see space, even though it was daylight, and you could see the curviture of the earth, what I wouldn't give to ride in one !!!
dannukesem 3 years ago
hey buddy where do you live? becaus i live 15 miles from beale afb home of the u-2, and im in a CAP sq at beale, i go there every monday, and i see them and learn about them, and on average they take about 14 minutes to get to there operational hight, 70,000 feet, believe me, my CAP captain use to work on them.
LOCKHEED17 4 years ago
See u2chief's comments... my argument was that it can't climb to 50k ft in 2:30 like rambo2013 stated. Average climb (conserving fuel) to 60k is 45, fastest ever is 12 mins.
amaclach 4 years ago
um, excuse me i live by beale afb, and the u-2 does not take 45 minutes to climb to 60,000 feet, it only takes about 10 minutes, and they can get to 30,000 feet in about 3 to 4 minutes, and if you ask how i know, well im in the civil air patrol at beale afb in SQ 19 and they teach us about the u-2, and most of the senoir members of civil air patrol SQ 19 are in the air force or use to work on the u-2 so they know, also i see them take off all the time, and they are out of sight in like 1 minute
LOCKHEED17 4 years ago
I should think that is entirely possible if fuel consumption isn't an issue (and of anyone, you should know!)- it was the 2:30 figure that I was referring to, which to be honest, even a Lightning would have to work hard to achieve...
amaclach 4 years ago
That's an average rate, max rate is far above that. Now, no the U-2 can't climb to 50,000 in 2 minutes, but it does hold the vertical climb record, flying to an altitude of 60,000 in 12 minutes.
Before you argue-I know first hand, I work on them.
u2chief 4 years ago
Idiot - The U2 cannot climb anywhere near that quickly. It takes 30-45 minutes to climb out to 60,000 ft. The Lightning had an initial rate of climb of 50,000 ft/minute but that slows with altitude. The average rate over 50,000 ft was closer to about 30,000/min.
Before you argue - the 30-45 minutes figure comes from the NASA website, and the Lightning has never been beaten for rate of climb.
amaclach 4 years ago
Landing that must be a total bitch.
A balancing act, to save your life.
And i never get tired of the full power climb sound.
peepeevagi 4 years ago