NASA WB-57 back in the deployment cycle
02-13-2013 | 06:14 AM
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02-13-2013 | 06:32 AM
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Between this and the facetime with the shuttle carrier (and that audio clip of them around LA) - he is getting to be INfamous!
I'm going to have to rib him some more when I forward him this link.
02-13-2013 | 08:12 AM
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02-13-2013 | 09:10 AM
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Unfortunately the "F" goes TDY to various bases. In my day - Rein Mein Germany, Eielson Alaska, ALbrook Canal Zone, McCoy AFB, FL, Mendoza Argentina, Pago Pago American Samoa, and a few "politically sensitive" others.
When McCoy was open, "Hector" in his new U-2R and me in an "F" were side by side in a hanger and had take offs (heading south) scheduled one minute apart. The departure times were classified; we suited up and got in the cockpits inside the hangars. When they open the doors there were hundreds of people glued to the fence watching. So much for security.
One of the best sites for RB57F, U-2, SR-71, A-12 , etc. information / history is at RB-WB-57F I am in six of the pictures.
Bottom of page has many links.
When McCoy was open, "Hector" in his new U-2R and me in an "F" were side by side in a hanger and had take offs (heading south) scheduled one minute apart. The departure times were classified; we suited up and got in the cockpits inside the hangars. When they open the doors there were hundreds of people glued to the fence watching. So much for security.
One of the best sites for RB57F, U-2, SR-71, A-12 , etc. information / history is at RB-WB-57F I am in six of the pictures.
Bottom of page has many links.
02-13-2013 | 12:35 PM
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For my Navy / Marine friends who wish they had high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. (Some flew them on exchange duty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HMPMYL19E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HMPMYL19E
02-13-2013 | 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by From the video's Comment Section
if I didn't just see it I wouldn't have ever believed it
Noticed that the U-2 had an arrestor hook. But this didn't...
02-13-2013 | 01:45 PM
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For my Navy / Marine friends who wish they had high altitude reconnaissance aircraft. (Some flew them on exchange duty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HMPMYL19E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HMPMYL19E
02-13-2013 | 06:10 PM
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02-13-2013 | 07:31 PM
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Yes it did. No cat, no JATO. They did get as much wind across the deck as possible, but, properly flown (and maybe full flaps) the Herk will get airborne at a VERY slow airspeed.
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