Ground Control: "Dragon Lady, your mission will be ending in 10 hours and 59 minutes, then after another 45 minutes to remove the space suit and your itch can be scratched"
That's the difference between being sent on missions against nations with top tier air defense systems and everyone else. The SR-71 just can't outrun top tier missiles and interceptors, so a new aircraft (or better satellites) was needed. On the other hand, the U-2 is perfectly capable against most everyone else, so it sticks around. The U-2's real problem/competition is drones. It probably only has a decade left before it is withdrawn from service.
@@timberwolf1575 SR-71 could outrun missiles and every other aircraft ever made even today, the issue is that it is completely redundant. Spy satellites get images of the same quality as the SR-71 and the U-2 can fly low for more detail.
@@SpencerLemay Also, hella lot more expensive to run. I heard it was along the lines of $200k per flight hour. Still, _goddamn_ do I wish they gave one to NASA to keep flightworthy.
years ago, before the plane was known to the public, one of the U-2s had a flameout, and couldn't get a restart. It is a great glider, but couldn't make it back to his base. The pilot chose to land at a small airport in Colorado. The airport was closed for the night, but the pilot activated the runway lights by radio. Imagine the surprise for the folks on the ground, when. An unidentified aircraft lands silently, and out comes an individual in a space suit. The airport thought aliens had landed.
I am pretty sure the ground crew was racing to help him out of the cockpit… I have always wondered at which point in time Pilot controlled lighting started.
Не знаю английского, но всегда уважаю профессионализм. Когда все делается по инструкции. Их пишут люди, кто все это разрабатывает. Главное что, это человеческая жизнь
The Headline is misleading, the U-2 does not need people on the wing to land, but it may need then to level the wings so the Pogos can be installed to allow the plane to taxi.
It’s a high altitude recon plane people. Tandem landing gear configuration requires POGO landing gear, one outboard on each wing that fall out on takeoff. Full pressure suit worn by pilot limits visibility and gauging height above ground on landing, thus a chase car (with a another U-2 pilot driving), gives vertical guidance on landing via radio. AFTER landing, a wing will drag or rest on the ground. GROUND crew will jump on the high wing, raise the low wing, and REINSTALL the pogo gear
In 1984 I delayed a TR1 from taking off. My job was to pack down or remove snow from the edge of the taxiway leading to the runway at RAF Alconbury UK, following a massive snow storm (it snowed for a week straight, and then we spent another week after that cleaning up). It was only the second time I ever operated a front end loader, and the berm of snow created by the snow plows and Sikard snow brooms was too high for those low wings of the TR1, which extended beyond the edge of the taxiway. The pilot and the tower were not too happy about the situation, and the sergeant in charge of the snow removal detail relieved me of command of the loader, and went to work expertly leveling the snow to allow the plane to pass in no time. I was 19 at the time. I got a lot of practice after that.
The Dragon Lady is an American Icon. Ungainly on the ground but in flight so beautiful and graceful. Yes she does need people on the wing to level them to install the pogo wheels after landing. They stay there until she takes off again. You are somewhat correct on that point. Still, great video of the U-2 and the 400.
I can just hear the conversation between the Chief Engineer and the Director of Programs for that decision: "You want to do what? Stick the wheels in after landing? Each time it lands? Are you out of your f___ing mind?" And the response, "No sir. It's driven by weights. They said we could only have on wheel for the MLG."
I saw a U2 at East Sale, Victoria in 1961. It took off with a human holding onto the ends of the wings. They ran alongside for a few metres, then it took off vertically and disappeared from view in a few seconds. Hard to believe its been operational for more than 60 years.
We had this plane on our base in South Vietnam. It's true about the pogo wheels on the wingtips. We unloaded a brand new SS396 El Camino one night , and it's job was to chase the U-2 down the runway when it landed. Evidently the Dodge pickup with a V-8 wasn't fast enough for the job. The El Camino was painted Air Force blue with genuine Air Force markings on the side. At the time it was no doubt classified.
I use to work with them and you need 2 unicycles one for each wing for take-off and once the plane leaves the ground the unicycles stay at the end of the runway! Wild huh?
yeah exactly, took the WW2 glider concept and turned it into the world's first recon plane of it's time, 40 years later they put new tech on it, modernized it's frame, now it's back in service after being maintained at museums
the alone thing sounds ok for me, also peeing in the space suit. But imagine an itching or running nose with that helmet 2 hours in flight with 8 more to come ;(
@@hectorpascale1013 They don't fly with a runny nose. Any allergy, cold, or flu like symptoms will ground you until they subside. Flying while stopped up can cause severe hearing damage, sometimes as far as a burst eardrum.
I can just imagine them hanging on to the wing at mach 0.7 at 70000 feet, flapping in the wind, then come landing time they start running at 180mph to keep the wings of the ground LMAO!
Fun fact, for people wondering why the fire trucks were shooting water above the aircraft. This is what military folk call a “rain down”. It usually signifies a pilot or crew chief’s last flight, or retirement of an aircraft. Sometimes it’s done for celebratory reasons like new aircrafts going into commission.
2:21 Those people are there to celebrate the retirement of that pilot, not just because he flew a high altitude mission. The fire trucks spraying the water over the plane early in the video signifies that 0:57.
Absolutely not an pilot or astronaut, but worked at the OR during rotations and wasn't able to scratch my nose for hours. You'll get used to it and eventually won't get an itchy nose anymore, as well as the urge to pee just disappears
Yes, the U-2 is a beautiful spy plane and I want it to remain operational for many more decades and never need to be replaced unnecessarily, and must be driven by people on board. Always!
Такой уровень русским и не снится .Тогда когда сбили Пауэрса, уж очень долго удивлялись его амуниции и жизнеобеспечению. Сейчас нет смысла рисковать над небом империи зла.Всю эту работу делают спутники. Молодцы американцы сдерживают коммунизм и его амбиции.
LOL!!! So many interesting things about this video. Firstly, I as a U-2/TR-1 Crew Chief for 10yrs. One of the planes you see 1083 was my jet. Pogos - are the taxi accessory wheels. They are put in by the Pogo crew upon landing or picked up off the runway after take-off. In the video shown, 2 things: That plane was heavy on fuel (Wing droop) it should not take more than 2 people to raise the other wing. The pilot also did a terrible job to balancing fuel. In flight he can transfer left to right or right to left. Once on the ground, fuel will gravity transfer at about 7gals a minute. The airmen on wing, where were his Wing Socks? I know this is the desert and the sand screws up the special paint, but come on! The engine is a U-2 was a J57, but in 1998 it was switched out the GE F118-101 engine. A non-afterburning engine that is in many different military jets. PSD, why was there tape on the name tags? Lastly, the crew line up, this isn't the Thunderbird or Blue Angels, it don't happen that way.
@@IldarIsm Spasibo! That is the extent of my Russian, so your English is much better. U2's fly over my house at just above idle on their long approach to land when the wind is from certain direction. When flying at altitude, they often have only 10 kts between stall and mach overspeed. I don't think I could do that for 10 hours at a time! Cheers!
You have litteraly zero grammar skills or basic knowledge. They're typical pilots that need to wear the pressure suit because air is almost non existent 70 thousand feet in the air
You should also mention there are at least 9 ladies who fly the U-2 one an African American. They also must be able to land it without a chase car guiding them down in case they have to land at a different airport. You go girls!
Обычное явление для самолета с велосипедным шасси в случае отказа подкрыльной стойки. Точно также делали и на наших самолетах 3М. Аналогичный случай был и у меня. Солдатиков просто посадили на крыло для увеличения веса на выпущенную стойку и потихонечку дорулили до стоянки.
@@bonesshed. Small world. I was a member of the USAF working with the U-2. We wore civilian cloths. My only claim to fame was meeting Prince Charles at the U-2 hanger.
That's absolutely not a problem. In case of long missions, some form of adult diaper is provided to crews such as these. What's the biggest problem is probably if you had an itch somewhere in your body. That bastard's gonna stay with you till you land.
@@dannyx1991 no diapers, theres a piss can in the airframe. ive emptied them many times, can sometimes guess what they had for dinner based on the smell...
Эти жертвы ради "демократии" чтобы еще следить за тем как их коллеги из Посольств США грабят и убивают суверенные страны вроде нашей Украины. Эти "летуны" тут часто летают шпионят. Мне мой родственник даже называет с какого аэропорта они взлетают и где потом садяться. Чувствуют себя в Украине как дома, вот только результат их присутствия оказался обратным от того что глупое деградировавшее население себе нафантазировало. Думали американцы начнут через своих кукол строить демократию и бороться с корруцией, а оказалось они тут ради геноцида и грабежа и развала Украины которую их Майк Р. Помпео недавно в Берлине открыто назвал: украина это наш американский проект. Проект - не государство.
@@osbourne3084 Нет никакой "украины", уже устал приводить примеры. Очередной пример - это то как евреи из Израиля лечат недавно подстреленного во внутренних бандитских разборках лидера Харьковской фашистской ячейки Артема Мошенского. Случаи когда евреи лечили фашистов - "добровольцев" которые убивали граждан украины были и раньше, многих фашистов евреи поставили на ноги. Но они не устают, вот к ним и фашиста Мошанского отправили, и лечить будут за средства Израиля. Информацию по этой теме ты прогуглишь по запросу: Ранение Мошенского: активиста «нацкорпуса» отправили на лечение в израиль.
I am pretty sure it is to transport the pilot and give directions to the pilot during landing, because the wing span is so large. But I am not completely sure, I would look it up.
They follow it with a car full of aircraft mechanics so they can prepare it for movement on the ground after it lands. It's only got the bare minimums for actually touching down on the runway.
The car is there Bc of the wheel design the safest way to land it is to land both the fwd and aft gear at the same time so the pilot in the car directs the pilot flying
@@ДжоржХрустик И что там в истории, хреновенький агрегат заточеный под низкую культуру производства и высокий расход живой силы, каким местом то до U-2?
Why does America have to see what's going on everywhere in every country? I mean we never asked or made or send such Aircrafts to see what's inside Area 51
They don’t use the U-2 to “spy on every country”, they only used it for part of the cold war to spy on the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.S.R. only. The U.S. also doesn’t use the plane for reconnaissance anymore, but instead to conduct atmospheric research for N.A.S.A.
When I was in Vietnam I loaded bombs on to the fighter jets. Part of out job was to work end of runway arming or disarming the jets when they took off or landed. One day a Chevy El Camino pulled up and waited for the U2 to come in to land. The El Camino had a landing platform in the back of it. When the U2 landed the El Camino took off in hot pursuit to catch up with the U2 so the pilot rest a wing on the landing platform. It was truly amazing to watch.
Where space begins differs depending on the criteria one is using. To a radio engineer, 600 miles (the upper limit of the aurora) is the boundary, while to orbital spacecraft (satellite) operators it's about 100 miles. Physiologically (medically, as far as our bodies are concerned), the U-2's 70,000' altitude is in space, because our lungs can't tell the difference between the ~1/20th of an atmosphere (atm) pressure there, and the 0 atm pressure of interplanetary space. If the pilot lost pressurization at 70,000', he would pass out--and then die (if pressurization couldn't be restored within two or three minutes)--just as quickly as if he was on the Moon and his suit leaked.
I was at Davis-Monthan back in the early 1970's, when there was a U-2 squadron there. They used a Chevy ElCamino pickup to chase the plane when it landed. A guy would stand in the back of the pickup and the driver would get up underneath the wing as the plane slowed down, to catch it. If the wing wasn't caught, the heavier wing would tip onto the ground and the runway would have to shut down while the fuel was drained. The ElCamino was the coolest vehicle on base.
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Maybe change the Description to: This plane needs people on the wing to attach it's wheels
True
Well said 👍
"To taxi"
But that’s won’t get as much clicks
Ground control: "Dragon Lady, state your emergency?'
Dragon Lady: "I have an itch!"
@@plebulus Try to imagine. Just imagine. You're in a 50lb spacesuit with super limited mobility.
@@plebulus Watch the video in its entirety.
Ground Control: "Dragon Lady, your mission will be ending in 10 hours and 59 minutes, then after another 45 minutes to remove the space suit and your itch can be scratched"
My flight instructor is a retired U2 pilot. What an amazing man, so full of knowledge.
I came to see people exiting the plane out of a secret door then walking on the wings right after touch down. lol
Me to imagining
U-2: still in service
Meanwhile the SR-71 Blackbird: *sad speedy noises*
**cries at mach 3**
That's the difference between being sent on missions against nations with top tier air defense systems and everyone else. The SR-71 just can't outrun top tier missiles and interceptors, so a new aircraft (or better satellites) was needed. On the other hand, the U-2 is perfectly capable against most everyone else, so it sticks around. The U-2's real problem/competition is drones. It probably only has a decade left before it is withdrawn from service.
@@timberwolf1575 SR-71 could outrun missiles and every other aircraft ever made even today, the issue is that it is completely redundant. Spy satellites get images of the same quality as the SR-71 and the U-2 can fly low for more detail.
@@SpencerLemay Also, hella lot more expensive to run. I heard it was along the lines of $200k per flight hour.
Still, _goddamn_ do I wish they gave one to NASA to keep flightworthy.
@@h8GW They gave 2 to NASA and they retired them.
years ago, before the plane was known to the public, one of the U-2s had a flameout, and couldn't get a restart. It is a great glider, but couldn't make it back to his base. The pilot chose to land at a small airport in Colorado. The airport was closed for the night, but the pilot activated the runway lights by radio. Imagine the surprise for the folks on the ground, when. An unidentified aircraft lands silently, and out comes an individual in a space suit. The airport thought aliens had landed.
I am pretty sure the ground crew was racing to help him out of the cockpit… I have always wondered at which point in time Pilot controlled lighting started.
Не знаю английского, но всегда уважаю профессионализм. Когда все делается по инструкции. Их пишут люди, кто все это разрабатывает. Главное что, это человеческая жизнь
Yes tovarishch its called western spy
потому что там ценят и уважают жизнь человека в отличии от расеи.
Well I didn’t see people on the wing while it was landing.
they were invisible people
Aghhh never thought of that! 🤭
Truly disappointed. Thought it would be like the last scene in “Flight of the Phoenix”.
@@ttcherrick haha totally!
Tomb nail is the source of their income remember 😏
fun fact those Engineers are Crew Chiefs and they are pissed of because they were trained to work on the A-10 but now they work on that crazy thing.
U2: I'm the best spy
Facebook : Hold my beer
Google: YOU AMATERURS
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6:12-6:28 that marshaller has got some real swag.
Yeah. I wonder what that hands pushing signal is?
@@pilotboy2612 It means to proceed straight ahead.
good friend of mine... or was before i got out. and yes he has a lot of swag.
I would love that as a job
The Headline is misleading, the U-2 does not need people on the wing to land, but it may need then to level the wings so the Pogos can be installed to allow the plane to taxi.
I dont think English is this youtuber's forte'....the whole channel reeks of chinese propaganda.
The American army is the best.
Russian army: *laughs*
French army: laughts
*looks at 7th panzer division*
@@callumwood1059 everyone laughs at your army, as well as at the country.
We invented the tank
It’s a high altitude recon plane people. Tandem landing gear configuration requires POGO landing gear, one outboard on each wing that fall out on takeoff. Full pressure suit worn by pilot limits visibility and gauging height above ground on landing, thus a chase car (with a another U-2 pilot driving), gives vertical guidance on landing via radio. AFTER landing, a wing will drag or rest on the ground. GROUND crew will jump on the high wing, raise the low wing, and REINSTALL the pogo gear
And that's the best design the US could come up with ?
@@davidkamen In the 1950’s it was.
@@davidkamen trust me they're not going to be showing our current best designs right now...
@@buckbuchanan5849 the way the video is titled most people will expect the ground crew to run alongside the plane holding the wings up lol
U2 engineer: so how do you prefer to land ?
Gary powers: yes.
by running out of fuel
@@nczioox1116 the joke just crashed into your neighbour's house...
In 1984 I delayed a TR1 from taking off. My job was to pack down or remove snow from the edge of the taxiway leading to the runway at RAF Alconbury UK, following a massive snow storm (it snowed for a week straight, and then we spent another week after that cleaning up). It was only the second time I ever operated a front end loader, and the berm of snow created by the snow plows and Sikard snow brooms was too high for those low wings of the TR1, which extended beyond the edge of the taxiway. The pilot and the tower were not too happy about the situation, and the sergeant in charge of the snow removal detail relieved me of command of the loader, and went to work expertly leveling the snow to allow the plane to pass in no time. I was 19 at the time. I got a lot of practice after that.
Father: "Son, what do you do in a military?"
Son: "I am wing hanger, plane catcher..."
Father: "Pulls his pistol silently..."
Its better then cleaning toilets..
The Dragon Lady is an American Icon. Ungainly on the ground but in flight so beautiful and graceful. Yes she does need people on the wing to level them to install the pogo wheels after landing. They stay there until she takes off again. You are somewhat correct on that point. Still, great video of the U-2 and the 400.
lol...an Aviation Channel that doesn't know the difference between land and taxi
@Donny still has nothing to do with "people on the wings for landing".
@@Bilgidiyarı-n9g there's people who dont advertize themself and gain subs using its own sweat
I can just hear the conversation between the Chief Engineer and the Director of Programs for that decision: "You want to do what? Stick the wheels in after landing? Each time it lands? Are you out of your f___ing mind?" And the response, "No sir. It's driven by weights. They said we could only have on wheel for the MLG."
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6:07 : Me dancing secretly in a corner whenever i go to a Party
Anyone got any idea of what the signals mean? They look made up.
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you made me spill my food gosh darnit
i think its so cool that an entirely different generation is flying and maintaining this plane still
I saw a U2 at East Sale, Victoria in 1961. It took off with a human holding onto the ends of the wings. They ran alongside for a few metres, then it took off vertically and disappeared from view in a few seconds. Hard to believe its been operational for more than 60 years.
We had this plane on our base in South Vietnam. It's true about the pogo wheels on the wingtips. We unloaded a brand new SS396 El Camino one night , and it's job was to chase the U-2 down the runway when it landed. Evidently the Dodge pickup with a V-8 wasn't fast enough for the job. The El Camino was painted Air Force blue with genuine Air Force markings on the side. At the time it was no doubt classified.
You are an old timer.
6:27 supercool way to salute🤙
I use to work with them and you need 2 unicycles one for each wing for take-off and once the plane leaves the ground the unicycles stay at the end of the runway! Wild huh?
incredible job!
One of the works of art of Mr.Kelly Johnson and his team.A huge jet proppeled motor glider for the airframe,with so much technology on it!Joyeux Noel!
yeah exactly, took the WW2 glider concept and turned it into the world's first recon plane of it's time, 40 years later they put new tech on it, modernized it's frame, now it's back in service after being maintained at museums
I did not know that the U-2 could take off from aircraft carrier. That is INCREDIABLE !
People in that universe can't speak, but look at the marvellous inventions
imagine the pilot during flight
"Sir, i got a problem"
"what is the problem?"
"I need to pee"
That's what the piddle pack is for.
I would hate to be in that space suit and then start itching somewhere.😮
Lol.
Also What if the pilot just had a bad stomach. : )
They use diapers incase you have to use the restroom but throwing up no idea
@@chimerny9112 I already was expecting this. That sounds funny. A fighter pilot wearing a diaper 😀
You got to give yourself an enema first.
The whole video was worth watching but that celestial pair of eyes added an incredible value to it.
Hi sir
Can't imagine alone at 70k ft. Brave people.
best place to be with the Rona going around.....lol
Sounds amazing, beautiful scenery and very peaceful 😊
SR-71 ceiling around 90k...
the alone thing sounds ok for me, also peeing in the space suit. But imagine an itching or running nose with that helmet 2 hours in flight with 8 more to come ;(
@@hectorpascale1013 They don't fly with a runny nose. Any allergy, cold, or flu like symptoms will ground you until they subside. Flying while stopped up can cause severe hearing damage, sometimes as far as a burst eardrum.
Fantastic video!
I can just imagine them hanging on to the wing at mach 0.7 at 70000 feet, flapping in the wind, then come landing time they start running at 180mph to keep the wings of the ground LMAO!
Fun fact, flight at Mach 0.7 at 70k would be like sticking your head out the window at about 80 ish mph on the ground.
Fun fact, for people wondering why the fire trucks were shooting water above the aircraft. This is what military folk call a “rain down”. It usually signifies a pilot or crew chief’s last flight, or retirement of an aircraft. Sometimes it’s done for celebratory reasons like new aircrafts going into commission.
The Atlas is such a beautiful birdie
"welcome the pilot back to earth"
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2:21 Those people are there to celebrate the retirement of that pilot, not just because he flew a high altitude mission. The fire trucks spraying the water over the plane early in the video signifies that 0:57.
зачем на 1:35 мужик обегал самолёт, если мог со своей стороны ногами становую тягу сделать. она же больше чем вес собственный !
Final flight "wetdown"...
@@ValDroby Я не знаю
I Am from INDIA
America having best technology in the world
❤️ From India.
6:18 Me dancing in the Disco
"Suit fitted to body shape": "Um, about that all-you-can-eat steak dinner..."
Oh I see, flat earthers should ride this so we prove earth is not flat
nah, their heads are too flat to fit into that space suite.
A good U-2 plane...For this, the plane is immediately given a hero. ))))
How can you manage to not scratch your nose for so much time??
Absolutely not an pilot or astronaut, but worked at the OR during rotations and wasn't able to scratch my nose for hours. You'll get used to it and eventually won't get an itchy nose anymore, as well as the urge to pee just disappears
Yes, the U-2 is a beautiful spy plane and I want it to remain operational for many more decades and never need to be replaced unnecessarily, and must be driven by people on board. Always!
The U2 pilots look way more serious and focused than any NASA astronaut I've ever seen
Because they are soldiers
@@CalibreNueve95 Most Astronauts are military still
But they are not working as a military.
They're actually flying the plane rather than relying on the computer to get them back home
probably because they are criminals
One word:
Unmanned Reconnaissance Aircraft.
Always wondered how the U2 lands. Thanks for the video. It takes a team of people to get the U2 operating, great job guys!
Такой уровень русским и не снится .Тогда когда сбили Пауэрса, уж очень долго удивлялись его амуниции и жизнеобеспечению. Сейчас нет смысла рисковать над небом империи зла.Всю эту работу делают спутники. Молодцы американцы сдерживают коммунизм и его амбиции.
Imagine you have to take a leak after all the effort of putting on the suit😄
They can pee in the suit bro
Women have to wear diapers ?? So imagine if after they pee and quickly have to pull a G >>>>>> ?
This channel are king of aviation with 4k videos .
супер краса вот это мощь
LOL!!! So many interesting things about this video. Firstly, I as a U-2/TR-1 Crew Chief for 10yrs. One of the planes you see 1083 was my jet. Pogos - are the taxi accessory wheels. They are put in by the Pogo crew upon landing or picked up off the runway after take-off. In the video shown, 2 things: That plane was heavy on fuel (Wing droop) it should not take more than 2 people to raise the other wing. The pilot also did a terrible job to balancing fuel. In flight he can transfer left to right or right to left. Once on the ground, fuel will gravity transfer at about 7gals a minute. The airmen on wing, where were his Wing Socks? I know this is the desert and the sand screws up the special paint, but come on! The engine is a U-2 was a J57, but in 1998 it was switched out the GE F118-101 engine. A non-afterburning engine that is in many different military jets. PSD, why was there tape on the name tags? Lastly, the crew line up, this isn't the Thunderbird or Blue Angels, it don't happen that way.
До самолёта сам дошёл. Я думал его с креслом загрузят.
Yeah. What he just said.👍
@@dirtylatte The pilot went to the jet himself. I thought he is loaded with a chair directly inside. src
@@IldarIsm Spasibo! That is the extent of my Russian, so your English is much better. U2's fly over my house at just above idle on their long approach to land when the wind is from certain direction. When flying at altitude, they often have only 10 kts between stall and mach overspeed. I don't think I could do that for 10 hours at a time! Cheers!
10hours flight plus briefing, suit preparation and so on, must be an hell of a day for the pilot. I guess he have a good diaper!
I guess he have a good diaper!
No. A urine collection device.
08:57 oh my heart skipped a beat
Beautiful (cat-)eyes indeed!
Why?
When you open a bag of chips: 6:07
jeez, I've made 2 different aircraft designs, and they both look almost exactly like the U-2
10 hours without scratching my nose ... Thats friggin hard!
8:55 those eyes
my thoughts exactly
there practicing there sacrifice ritual for the ejection
What eyes?
@@AbdulRehman-df3hh her eyes, theyre pretty
One explanation for the "Dragon Lady," as heard on MYTHBUSTERS: "You never know if it'll land like a dragon or a lady."
Everyday job for a marshaller is a rave party to the rest of us
Others: SpEaK eNgLiSh
The daily aviation guy: Этому американскому самолету-шпиону нужны люди на его крыле, чтобы приземлиться
It's my first time seeing astronaut drives US army SPY PLANES
That’s what the pilots of these planes wear, look at what sr-71 pilots wear it’s almost the same these guys aren’t astronauts
lol, astronauts? They're regular pilots with pressure suits.
I too love it when astronauts drive the US army's SPY PLANES
You have litteraly zero grammar skills or basic knowledge. They're typical pilots that need to wear the pressure suit because air is almost non existent 70 thousand feet in the air
@@Sp00kq idk what you mean man, that's the same suit that that neil strongarm guy wore, is it not?
U-2 ну очень "современные" технологии. Чем дольше U-2 стоит в ангаре, тем спокойнее ситуация в мире.
U-2 ... then all of a sudden... A400 Atlas ... I went, "what?"
Ikr? Looks like the a400 was merged in to get over the 10 min mark...
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You should also mention there are at least 9 ladies who fly the U-2 one an African American. They also must be able to land it without a chase car guiding them down in case they have to land at a different airport. You go girls!
Обычное явление для самолета с велосипедным шасси в случае отказа подкрыльной стойки. Точно также делали и на наших самолетах 3М. Аналогичный случай был и у меня. Солдатиков просто посадили на крыло для увеличения веса на выпущенную стойку и потихонечку дорулили до стоянки.
8:59. She should be in movie. What a natural beauty.
She is in a movie. It's called, "This US Spy Plane Need People on Its wing to Land."
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I remember not seeing one of these when I was at RAF Akrotiri in the late 80s
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Also spend time at RAF Akrotiri. Fantastic assignment during the summer.
@@DavidEVogel It was my first detachment after joining the RAF. One month with 8 Sqn Shackleton's. Such a great time !
@@bonesshed. Small world. I was a member of the USAF working with the U-2. We wore civilian cloths. My only claim to fame was meeting Prince Charles at the U-2 hanger.
Per la 1a volta ho visto la vestizione di 1 pilota di U-2 ed anche il relativo decollo , grazie , per i vostri ( sempre ) interessanti vdeo .
flat earthers would not accept this. lol
That SUX 4 them
Lockheed Martin is very good at building nutty planes
Imagine, if the pilot has to go to the bathroom.
That's absolutely not a problem. In case of long missions, some form of adult diaper is provided to crews such as these. What's the biggest problem is probably if you had an itch somewhere in your body. That bastard's gonna stay with you till you land.
@@dannyx1991 Damn I never thought of that.
@@dannyx1991 no diapers, theres a piss can in the airframe. ive emptied them many times, can sometimes guess what they had for dinner based on the smell...
@@dirt_rooster36 You are correct. The pilot wears a urine evacuation device similar to a condone.
i love your channel, and i am a fan of US military. Please make more vids like these, ty
ALL active military aircraft have a marshaller for safely launching aircraft.
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3:45 Outstanding taste in patches on the bulletin board there. WAMPUM!
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12 часов без еды воды и туалета - это жесть
Эти жертвы ради "демократии" чтобы еще следить за тем как их коллеги из Посольств США грабят и убивают суверенные страны вроде нашей Украины. Эти "летуны" тут часто летают шпионят. Мне мой родственник даже называет с какого аэропорта они взлетают и где потом садяться. Чувствуют себя в Украине как дома, вот только результат их присутствия оказался обратным от того что глупое деградировавшее население себе нафантазировало. Думали американцы начнут через своих кукол строить демократию и бороться с корруцией, а оказалось они тут ради геноцида и грабежа и развала Украины которую их Майк Р. Помпео недавно в Берлине открыто назвал: украина это наш американский проект. Проект - не государство.
@@sapyor лапоть ты с какого мухосранска? с Украины он.с тайги ты .
@@osbourne3084 Нет никакой "украины", уже устал приводить примеры. Очередной пример - это то как евреи из Израиля лечат недавно подстреленного во внутренних бандитских разборках лидера Харьковской фашистской ячейки Артема Мошенского. Случаи когда евреи лечили фашистов - "добровольцев" которые убивали граждан украины были и раньше, многих фашистов евреи поставили на ноги. Но они не устают, вот к ним и фашиста Мошанского отправили, и лечить будут за средства Израиля. Информацию по этой теме ты прогуглишь по запросу: Ранение Мошенского: активиста «нацкорпуса» отправили на лечение в израиль.
@@sapyor я в шоке от вас лаптей.такой уже бред несете ни в одни рамки уже не влазит.
@@sapyor с с ука в лаптях.
AAAAHHHHH! Like a cold beer on a hot day of digging post holes by hand.
1:08 Why does it need to be followed by a car every time?
I am pretty sure it is to transport the pilot and give directions to the pilot during landing, because the wing span is so large. But I am not completely sure, I would look it up.
They follow it with a car full of aircraft mechanics so they can prepare it for movement on the ground after it lands. It's only got the bare minimums for actually touching down on the runway.
@@Fixxate No, the car is only has another pilot, not mechanics
The car following makes sure no speeding, no running red lights, no parking violations
The car is there Bc of the wheel design the safest way to land it is to land both the fwd and aft gear at the same time so the pilot in the car directs the pilot flying
I was expecting a person balancing on a wing during flight but this works
2:00 is the best scene !
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loved the style of the guy who guided and sent the U2
Все очень сложно. Такая армия может существовать только в мирное время пока все хорошо, или непродолжительное, в военное...
Чего сложного то?
@@Sibirian-Hus История создания Калашникова вам в пример.
@@ДжоржХрустик И что там в истории, хреновенький агрегат заточеный под низкую культуру производства и высокий расход живой силы, каким местом то до U-2?
хрустик такая армия ввалит так что мало не покажется.не спасут твои сранные калибры кинжалы что у вас там лаптей еще есть?
the soldiers are very strong and disciplined passion for the country 💪🏻
Cadê o Aero Por trás da viação, pra me explicar sobre esse avião ? Kk
Eu também queria, ou até mesmo Lito do canal Aviões e Música
Ou Marcelo do canal Hoje no Mundo Militar
Ele n já falou sobre o U-2 não? o.O
1:50
The pilot: More pressure more
Officers: Come out we need you
Why does America have to see what's going on everywhere in every country? I mean we never asked or made or send such Aircrafts to see what's inside Area 51
They don’t use the U-2 to “spy on every country”, they only used it for part of the cold war to spy on the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.S.R. only. The U.S. also doesn’t use the plane for reconnaissance anymore, but instead to conduct atmospheric research for N.A.S.A.
@@silashoffman2089 ohh that explains it thanks
@@staystrapped1432 wait i never asked to see your history?
When I was in Vietnam I loaded bombs on to the fighter jets. Part of out job was to work end of runway arming or disarming the jets when they took off or landed. One day a Chevy El Camino pulled up and waited for the U2 to come in to land. The El Camino had a landing platform in the back of it. When the U2 landed the El Camino took off in hot pursuit to catch up with the U2 so the pilot rest a wing on the landing platform. It was truly amazing to watch.
Красотка...
i like the fact that the pilot looks like astronauts when flying this plain ... coool
7:05 at the edge of space??
Its just 21 km, barely 20% of the height till official space
Where space begins differs depending on the criteria one is using. To a radio engineer, 600 miles (the upper limit of the aurora) is the boundary, while to orbital spacecraft (satellite) operators it's about 100 miles. Physiologically (medically, as far as our bodies are concerned), the U-2's 70,000' altitude is in space, because our lungs can't tell the difference between the ~1/20th of an atmosphere (atm) pressure there, and the 0 atm pressure of interplanetary space. If the pilot lost pressurization at 70,000', he would pass out--and then die (if pressurization couldn't be restored within two or three minutes)--just as quickly as if he was on the Moon and his suit leaked.
@@j.jasonwentworth723 Still, It was not space.
I was at Davis-Monthan back in the early 1970's, when there was a U-2 squadron there. They used a Chevy ElCamino pickup to chase the plane when it landed. A guy would stand in the back of the pickup and the driver would get up underneath the wing as the plane slowed down, to catch it. If the wing wasn't caught, the heavier wing would tip onto the ground and the runway would have to shut down while the fuel was drained. The ElCamino was the coolest vehicle on base.
For a supposed vet you clearly have no idea how the U2 operates.
The soviet union shot down this plane in the 60's and took Gary powers prisoner
Lucky bastards! Damn Russians always find a way.
Yea but damn the us flew how manny missions over the Soviet Union before they shot one down?
But they can't shot down the legendary SR71
Well what do you expect when you spy on someone else from above...?
@@vincentpaulvalmoria2297
sr-71 never entered the zone of destruction of the USSR air defense
Amerika bola vždy podpásovka!
So you’re telling me it costs damn near 400,000$ usd to run that thing on a mission and they are still using it wtf.
Thats america for ya
money well spent.
Dats y u are a top notch country
Don't you think it's time to scrap these outdated things and revert their duties to satellites ?
The US is ran backwards i feel sorry for y’all
One crew seat? 70,000ft? Must be one lonely flight.
с этой конструкцией все в порядке , все логично
Whenever you see several people on the wing, that means the pilot didn't do a good job of transferring fuel, keep the wing balanced.