US EditionTeam Beale Conducts Historic U-2 Dragon Lady Flight, 11 Years in the Making
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Team Beale conducts historic U-2 Dragon Lady flight, 11 years in the making
Beale Air Force Base, Calif. – On the evening of July 31st, a TU-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing took off from Beale Air Force Base (AFB) to begin a flight unlike any the U-2 airframe had done before. Seventy years after the very first Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady’s accidental maiden flight in 1955 by Tony LeVier over Groom Lake, Nevada, the U-2 would finish the longest single flight this platform had ever attempted, flying across al…
U-2 Dragon Lady Breaks Altitude and Endurance Records During 70th Anniversary Flight
Flying from Beale AFB, a Lockheed U-2 aircraft, using the specially chosen callsign DRAGON 70, was heard communicating with ATC about a plan to set an endurance and altitude record for the ‘category and class’ of aircraft. Aviation enthusiasts were able to record the pilot of DRAGON 70 communicating with the Atlanta Air Route Traffic […] The post U-2 Dragon Lady Breaks Altitude and Endurance Records During 70th Anniversary Flight appeared first …
Do not look for aircraft as mythical as it is in the history of military aviation, or even aviation at all, they rely on the fingers of one hand. The Lockheed U-2 is still one of the most fabulous jets ever, even though it flew for the first time on Monday, August 1st [...] This content The Lockheed U-2 is now 70 years old. was first published on legendary aircraft.net - Encyclopaedia of military aviation & aeronautical news
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