I knew a guy who flew U-2s. He said it was very difficult to land because of the great amount of lift from the wings.
“I knew a guy who flew U-2s. He said it was very difficult to land because of the great amount of lift from the wings.”
Our son has a HS buddy whose wife (Both are AF lifers) who was asst. Base Commander @ BEale AFB in Northern California. He has actually ridden in one of the Pontiac Firebirds they use to “talk the U2’s onto the runway. Once they are “rolling out” other chase vehicles come out to attach the outriggers to the ends of the wings. He was told that at the altitudes they fly they are only marginally stable and have a very narrow airspeed range between stall and VNE.