Hi Leigh,
Your comment reminded me of when I was I Pennsylvania many years ago. “A” might
stand for Anarchy or Avalon, but it can also stand for Amish. This sect
(civilized society?), were big time settlers of Pennsylvania. Some of the
names they gave to their settlements were “interesting”, l
After doing some research after the recent Tom Hanks film re Gary Powers, I
found an amazing amount of declassified information on the U2 program,
including all the actual flight paths. Google is your friend.
From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf
Of Mike B
Glad they're not flying SR-71s any more, they're extremely noisy going
through Mach. First time hearing it, thought someone had crashed into
the house.
The shock waves were quite visible in a Cirrus deck. Ripples then BOOM.
Irv Culver had a few stories about the 71. He was also originator of the
worth noting:
http://nypost.com/2016/03/09/our-unfounded-obsession-with-safety-is-costing-us-our-freedom/
Mike
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mob:
There's a two part doco available from the usual sources called "Cold
War, Hot Jets." It's made in the UK, fairly recently, and has
interviews with at least one RAF U2 pilot. It would appear that the
RAF flew a lot of the U2 missions… a lot more than admitted at the
time.
D
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IIRC Pat Halloran is interviewed also.
Mike
At 10:40 AM 3/12/2016, you wrote:
There's a two part doco available from the usual
sources called "Cold War, Hot Jets." It's made
in the UK, fairly recently, and has interviews
with at least one RAF U2 pilot. It would appear
that the RAF flew a lot
