Originally Posted by
MikeF16
Has the U2 gotten the mod to bring the cockpit down to 16.5 yet? I completely assembled a U2 package including the wing commander endorsement but never pulled the trigger due to some of the unknowns of what happens to the brain at extended periods of time @ very high altitudes. The Al Dhafra fun-show and California politics might have played a secondary role
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Yes, the fleet has been modified. 14,500' cabin at FL 700.
Al Dhafra: you may laugh, but we live pretty well there. You probably don't know the full extent of U-2 life there. I'll gladly go from October-March. But forget the hot months!!
I'm a South Texas boy, but the CA weather is stunning. Beale/Sacramento is a great place to live.
I may change my mind when I retire, and have to pay CA taxes.
