https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn Made with a quick smile en-us 2019-04-08 15:07:18 UTC 2025-11-17 22:22:23 UTC hello@padlet.com gavindanielsson https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349546204 An American Pilot who was shot down in his U2 spy plane while flying a reconnaissance mission.]]> 2019-04-08 15:12:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349546204 gavindanielsson https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349550061 Nicknamed "Dragon Lady"]]> 2019-04-08 15:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349550061 gavindanielsson https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349551865 The design that gives the U-2 its remarkable performance also makes it a difficult aircraft to fly. Martin Knutson said that it "was the highest workload air plane I believe ever designed and built ... you're wrestling with the air plane and operating the camera systems at all times", leaving no time to "worry about whether you're over Russia or you're flying over southern California".

]]> 2019-04-08 15:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349551865 gavindanielsson https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349553945 The highest-flying aircraft available to America and its allies at the time was the English Electric Canberra which could reach 48,000 feet (14,600 m). The British had already produced the PR3 photo-reconnaissance variant, but the USAF asked for English Electric's help to further modify the Martin B-27 (the American licensed version of the Canberra) with long, narrow wings, new engines, and a lighter-than-normal airframe to reach 67,000 feet (20,400 m).]]> 2019-04-08 15:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349553945 gavindanielsson https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349555656 Te planes were utilized in the Suez Crisis]]> 2019-04-08 15:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349555656 gavindanielsson https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349557117 President Dwight Eisenhower needed a new set of eyes in the sky. He would get them through the Lockheed U-2 high altitude reconnaissance aircraft.]]> 2019-04-08 15:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gavindanielsson/s1c38bv0nxtn/wish/349557117