erbolt circulated some time ago.
Anthony
From: Aus-soaring [mailto:aus-soaring-boun...@lists.base64.com.au] On Behalf Of
Mark Newton
Sent: Monday, 14 March 2016 8:29 PM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] perlan/U-2
On 11 Mar 2016, at 9:17 PM,
On 11 Mar 2016, at 9:55 AM, Mike Borgelt
wrote:
> If you haven't already done so I'd also recommend Brian Schul's books "Sled
> driver" and "the Untouchables" about flying the SR-71. The latter has a
> section where he and his backseater flew the pre, strike day and post strike
> reconnaissanc
On 11 Mar 2016, at 9:17 PM, Derek Ruddock wrote:
>
> 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.
I visited Duxford in July.
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
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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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
Borgelt
Sent: Friday, 11 March 2016 9:55 AM
To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] perlan/U-2
John MacArthur's flight was IIRC 3 flights before the Powers shootdown.
He launched out of Norway and recovered in Turkey after 9 hours with ab
John MacArthur's flight was IIRC 3 flights before the Powers shootdown.
He launched out of Norway and recovered in Turkey after 9 hours with
about 5 minutes fuel left.
I asked him how he got the job. He'd been flying Hawker Hunters in
the RAF and was asked if he'd like to fly an interesting airc
