Yes, he's still around too. Living in Toowoomba.

He told us all about his flight over the USSR. Big, brass ones.

Mike



At 04:12 PM 3/10/2016, you wrote:
Wow. My interest was piqued when I saw 'RAF U2'. Got on line and saw an article in the independent.co.uk which names Mr MacArthur. What a fascinating bloke he would be talk to!



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On Thu, 10 Mar, 2016 at 4:00 pm, Mike Cleaver
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The figures quoted in the article are the officially admitted FAI records they hold. Unofficially higher flights were " classified " information, but the F4 Phantom did a zoom climb to 104,000 ft at least once.

Wombat

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On 10 Mar 2016, at 12:48, Mike Borgelt <mborg...@borgeltinstruments.com> wrote:

Apart from the bit about recreational glider pilots avoiding mountain wave, the late model U-2 easily goes straight to 74,000 feet. There was an article in AW&ST about it years ago where they flew an editor from the magazine in a two seater.

The A-12 (early single seat version)/SR71 was apparently tested to 91,000 feet or so. Kelly Johnson told them not to push their luck any higher. Got that from Pat Halloran who used to fly U-2 and SR71.

I sure hope the Perlan guys have their meteorology right. John MacArthur, former RAF U-2 pilot who lives in Toowoomba told be it was always smooth as a baby's bottom at 70,000 feet. He did say they avoided thunderstorms and known turbulence.

Mike






At 11:33 AM 3/10/2016, you wrote:

Even the aviation press doesn't always get things right.

<https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/perlan-2-glider-starts-cabin-pressurisation-tests-422970/>https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/perlan-2-glider-starts-cabin-pressurisation-tests-422970/

Mike



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