I had the opportunity once while traveling with my 3 Star General to approach this bird and it was amazing. This video is amazing! Enjoy. Breathtaking spy plane footage. [VIDEO] 
For You Bird Lovers - The U2 Spy Plane
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Awesome Video !!!
That was great! Thanks.
I love the GTO chase cars (used to be el caminos lol)..... its a favorite past time on the gto boards to watch the u2 plane landings being chased by the gto...
course, me being a GTO owner has nothing to do with that...
as to the chase cars..... the plane effectivly cant land with out them...
the cars are driven by seasoned U2 pilots giving ground directions, elevation count downs, alignment, etc. to the pilot of the u2...
you have to remember, on landing, its effectivly landing on two little roller skates, that are in line with the body, only many feet behind the pilot.... the wing gear fall away at take off...
i've only ever seen them used on landing, not sure why they used them on take off, other than to get footage for the movie...
course, me being a GTO owner has nothing to do with that...
as to the chase cars..... the plane effectivly cant land with out them...
the cars are driven by seasoned U2 pilots giving ground directions, elevation count downs, alignment, etc. to the pilot of the u2...
you have to remember, on landing, its effectivly landing on two little roller skates, that are in line with the body, only many feet behind the pilot.... the wing gear fall away at take off...
i've only ever seen them used on landing, not sure why they used them on take off, other than to get footage for the movie...
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They can't see how high they are so the chase car calls out height to the pilot. It's actually a pretty cool process to see and work. They've used everything from Mustangs, Camaros, etc. to get up to speed and follow. They have such high lift wings that they essentially stall them to get them down. The wing wheels are called pogos. They fall off during takeoff and use skids on the wing tips when coming to a stop. Then they reinstall the pogos to taxi back in...
good info!
if i recall correctly as well, the wing tips are actually titanium or something similar since they skid on the ground so frequently...
very cool plane
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I want the music, who is it?
Did Top Gear pay for the airplane ride?
lol you know, every time i see someone do something in our military that looks like fun...
i think the same thing... im a citizen and i cant do that... how do they!
lol
James May(sp?) is right.... i wanna go to!
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