Landings

[skippydiesel]

 

My landings are inconsistent. Going from "have I actually landed" to that was so bad, I had better check for damage. 

I thought I was the only one, that is until I saw this video of just how bad a professional pilot can be;😈

 

 

 

[facthunter]

U 2's are notoriously hard things to land.  Nev

[facthunter]

You should be able to work out a few reasons why.  Nev

[Thruster88]

Looks like a taildragger doing taildragger things.

[Blueadventures]

31 minutes ago, Thruster88 said:

Looks like a taildragger doing taildragger things.

Also looks like didn't pay last landing fee and ARO is onto him / her.🙃

[facthunter]

A Lot more than that involved. It's designed to fly at the edge of the Stratosphere and the Pilot s still in a space suit. Nev

[BrendAn]

they had one based out of east sale in the 70's.   

[Garfly]

On 29/12/2025 at 10:07 PM, BrendAn said:

they had one based out of east sale in the 70's.   

 

Yeah, just found this:

 

The U-2 in Australia - The Lockheed File

WWW.ADASTRON.COM

 

[BrendAn]

3 hours ago, Garfly said:

 

Yeah, just found this:

 

The U-2 in Australia - The Lockheed File

WWW.ADASTRON.COM

 

Interesting. I didn't realise it was the early sixties. Way before I thought.

 

[turboplanner]

The U2 budget in 1955 was $22 million.

First one sent in parts from Burbank to Area 51 in parts.

200 people on the Area 51 base by Sep 1955, 1/3 CIA, 1/3 USAF. 1/3 Lockheed.

They started test flights; first to break 60,000'.

[djpacro]

12 hours ago, Garfly said:

 

The U-2 in Australia - The Lockheed File

WWW.ADASTRON.COM

 

Some of the American kids were in our class at school.

I knew a lot at Laverton over the years, including some RAAF display pilots back then eg the guy who did the roll after takeoff in the Canberra at a Laverton airshow. A day or two later an American pilot tried it in a B-57 but tragically failed.