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U2 Spy Plane Crashes (June, '05)
The New York Times ^
| Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Posted on 06/21/2005 9:40:49 PM PDT by kristinn
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To: kristinn
If this plane is in China, I hope Bush wont wimp out like he did back in 2001, and go in and get the crew (alive or dead) and retrieve the tapes, and destroy the rest. Do not let anything fall into the hands of our Chinese enemy.
To: kristinn
The U2:
Anyone have a pic of the Aurora? ;-)
To: montag813
According to the article, the plane is reported to have crashed a long way from China.
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:21:37 PM PDT
by
kristinn
To: need_a_screen_name
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:23:39 PM PDT
by
CJ Wolf
(;-)
To: minus_273
I thought the U-2 is now called the TR-1.
To: kristinn; All
This is probably the same crash I posted a prayer thread for earlier but was pulled for "loose lips."
If it is, I'm sad to report that the pilot's wife has reported that her husband's body has been recovered. If you were part of that prayer thread, could you please inform your ping lists and thank them for their prayers.
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:28:27 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(A lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.)
To: Texas Eagle
So sorry to hear this Texas Eagle.
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:30:07 PM PDT
by
fatima
To: CJ Wolf
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To: EternalVigilance
Don't know if it's still there, but there was a retired Blackbird sitting on the tarmac at the museum at Offut Air Base in Bellevue, Nebraska a couple years back when I was there. Walked around it, touched it...one of the most amazing aircraft in history, IMO. You should see what they replaced it with!
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:37:16 PM PDT
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Bon mots
To: Ronin
They fly out of Beale Air Force Base in Northern California. I know several of the pilots - they are brave souls.
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:37:53 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
To: Aeronaut
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:39:35 PM PDT
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Dashing Dasher
(Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
To: Ronin
U2s have been revamped, up-engined and a wider camera bay added, Ronin.
Their classification is now TR-1.
Jack.
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:45:23 PM PDT
by
Jack Deth
(Knight Errant and Disemboweler of the WFTD Thread)
To: Jack Deth
I just sent out an few emails to the guys I know in the 9th Recon unit.
I'll update the thread if/when I hear anything.
Prayers....
Dasher
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:46:25 PM PDT
by
Dashing Dasher
(Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
To: HiJinx
In the 1990's the rumor was aurora was going to put these old spy planes out of business. Whatever happened to that project?
To: EternalVigilance
I saw one fly ( the SR-71 ) a few years ago at Edwards...
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Wow!
They're incredible. I really hated to see them retired.
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
NASA still uses the SR-71 out of Edwards.
Or at least, they did until recently.
A friend of mine used to be a Flight Engineer on the SR-71 with NASA. She is the woman with the most supersonic time in world. Pretty cool distinction.
dd
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posted on
06/21/2005 10:58:20 PM PDT
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Dashing Dasher
(Jun 21, 1913, Georgia Broadwick became the first woman to parachute from an airplane.)
To: kristinn
Never got to see an SR-71 fly but did see U-2's on a number of occations.
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posted on
06/21/2005 11:04:26 PM PDT
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fso301
To: kristinn
The military idiot that is for retireing the U2 and/or Warthog.. should be pistol whipped and then fired.. and then kicked in the butt..
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posted on
06/21/2005 11:07:28 PM PDT
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hosepipe
(This propaganda has been ok'ed me to included some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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