mydogismysaviour
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Sorry for the selfie
Mammoth
No contrails
Good wing shot
Last selfie, I promise
You can see the curvature of the earth
The world is indeed round
THATGUYYOUH8
You're gonna get pulled over driving with your cell phone man.
Kevm4n
I used to build those suits at David Clark!
mydogismysaviour
Thanks!
InstantAceActual
Beale
spacecatexplorer
Amazing! one of my dreams is to see a view like that with my own eyes, how does one become a passenger? help me out?
Pokoko333
You need to born again and have a 4 gpa straight out of kindergaden and so on
Wezzezzle
Hello Beale dweller!
theBeanerator
So exactly how tight are the limits of "coffin corner" in the U2? From what i understand you are one brave man. Wish i was you, but me
noyouratowel
Makes me wish the Blackbird was still in service :(
whyteraven74
The only jet where if the engine quits the pilot can go "Weee I'm flying a glider" and not "Ohh shit, this is bad".
greentinroof
What program is this?
Fincozmoz
Awesome! But what is your job exactly?
nzscoria
Hey Op, was the world indeed round seeing with your eyes. So much controversy around the flat earth argument & convex camera lens don't help
Whitetiger7654
Can we see more of the plane? And I give you permission to post all the selfies so long as it's on the suit.
XAtlas7
DeepMemeConversations
If you could toss in the plans for the plane, asking for a korean friend.
Sandlecs
I have Osan flashbacks.
Whitetiger7654
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PuhTater
*starts the album* OK... selfie... Ooooooh... Dragon Lady? Yup, Dragon Lady. Good Shit OP
toptrojanfan
Watch the movie Bridge of Spies.
faptastic123
Actually the wing pods mark it as a TR-1 which is a highly modified USAF variant of the U-2.
spacestationnumberfive
I salute you Sir! RAF Alconbury 1991-1992.
BeringerRD
How do you fly with those massive balls weighing you down ?
Ceracuse
Low gravity helps, but the question is how did the jet carry such balls all the way up there!
BeringerRD
It's also a small cock pit so that must be hard. Pun intended.
MattVanProeyen
Totally stealing these for my wallpaper
rawmeatsky
1. Your selfie is totally forgiven. 2. Explain why these super humans still rely on the 1972 Fiat side rear view mirrors? I don't feel safe.
panickynakedape
I'm willing to bet you can see your house from there. And my house.
mydogismysaviour
Its like standing on top of a twelve mile ladder to look over a fence
jimmycricket93
are there mexicans over it?
Welcometoyouredoom
I still can't believe we still use those planes.. they were outdated during the cold war.
mydogismysaviour
66 years old, still kickin. Outlived the Blackbird
Welcometoyouredoom
Well I mean the Blackbord did have trouble holding in its fluids.. It would leak until it was up at altitude.
KentuckyFriedChildren
... the Air Force (or NASA?) just lets you post U2 training pictures?
TheSkipjack95
There's no info at all in those pics, nothing that could be used at all by adversary intelligence. We can't see the front panel for instance
whyteraven74
Considering the USAF has published tons of photos of the cockpit showing everything? Yeah I doubt they care.
iBoulderDash
Hell, they let Adam Savage go up as a passenger... but only after a week of training to know how to be a proper passenger.
shimmernshine
One of my favorite parts of sled driver are the stories about pilots doing VIP ridealong duty.
EhIsForCanehdians
More round earther propaganda. I thought imgur was a safe, flat place.
VoIdemort
Well she's not high up enough to see the curvature of the earth just yet. That pic is misleading, I'm 95% sure.
ThunderousGalaxy
I know a flat earther who says it's just the curvature of the lens making it seem round lol
VoIdemort
But it is. I'm no flat-earther, just real-talk.
ThunderousGalaxy
At this altitude yeah but high enough you could indeed photograph the curvature and not have it be from the lens
HelplessRomantic
yep, get shaq to agree to it :)
Blackh3lm
What's a U-2 pilot doing on Imgur? No in all seriousness that is an absolutely dope career. What did it take to get there?
Badlyphotoshopedconfucedfloofygiraff
I'm a trainee in a Cessna 172... Guess you got higher than me.
slabaReactionSmuggler
What are the Russians up to these days?
tizme
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May_at_the_Edge_of_Space
TheCruecible
Stuff
Phenome
And things
Dsvstheworld
Running the US government and blackmailing Trump with a pee pee tape.
Usernamepeenwastaken
All SSgt's know what this plane is...
TooMuchWorkNotNuffFun
I worked on this beautiful lady for 6 years (viewsight and wet-film camera); multiple locations. One of my favorites! God-speed sir!
mydogismysaviour
Sad to say, no more viewsight ????
TooMuchWorkNotNuffFun
Yeah I heard that. :( At least no more sitting by the plane for 45 minutes purging it with nitrogen! Still got a friend working on
TooMuchWorkNotNuffFun
Global Chicken, and he loves it even though I consider him a traitor LOL
Justawhitedude
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say this is an acceptable selfie. How tough is that bicycle main gear?
mydogismysaviour
Some days its easy, some days it will bite you in the ass. The wings produce enough lift at 20-30kts to balance the wings. X-winds suck
SmerkBich
Wait, so, there needs to be a chase car guiding you down for landings? Just watched a video. That's bizarre!
Justawhitedude
If only those little red kickstands were there on the way down too. Seriously though, making lift at 20-30 kts? That's insane.
MadStach
A rear view mirror, interesting, most planes don't have one.
mydogismysaviour
It actually is for contrails, apparently when you are dropping mind control chem trails, make you easy to spot
MadStach
I think chemtrails should come in different cool colors.
Salmonthegreat
Popcorn179
Colgate
IFellOnMyKeys
5+ decades of flight, from Kelly Johnson's desk all the way to Imgur! How long have you been in the Dragonlady, if you don't mind me asking?
Unsupervisedadult
My dad was actually named after him. My grandfather was obsessed with the P38 lightning as a kid.
IFellOnMyKeys
That's so cool! The P38 is a sight to behold. Who's had more influence on modern military aviation than Kelly Johnson & the SkunkWorks crew?
mydogismysaviour
Actually just finishing up training
IFellOnMyKeys
Wow, congratulations on your first solo! Best wishes finishing your training & all the best for the amazing experiences which lay ahead!!
mydogismysaviour
Thanks man, I appreciate it!
Thatllbuffrightout
Ground control to Major Tom
coolbigandy
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Salmonthegreat
Ground Control to Major Tom (ten, nine, eight, seven, six)
Popcorn179
Commencing countdown engines on. (five, four, three)
dxrghxr
Check ignition and may God's love be with you (two, one, liftoff)
DwightSnute
How far up are you?
tizme
Hmm, doesn't seem to be OP! Watched this a week ago. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May_at_the_Edge_of_Space
UffDaDan
He's all the way up.
circlebreaker
'bout tree fiddy
cultofthegreenarrow
At least 5 high
Sharpe98
Well your not wrong...
mydogismysaviour
Above 70,000'
InterestingFacts
How does one go about becoming a U-2 pilot might I ask?
Ceracuse
In perspective of mountain height, Everest is 29k, stack two Everests on top of each other and you'd still be more than 12k higher! So cool.
IronRod
What speed would you be doing all the way up there?
CheshirePhoenix
All of it.
circlebreaker
'bout tree fiddy
CyriousLordofDerp
IIRC flying at that altitude they have to fly within a 10kt airspeed window. Too slow, they stall, too fast, airflow separates from the wing
CyriousLordofDerp
because the airflow over the top has gone supersonic. Either way, the plane goes out of control.
dodgethissg
'How high are you?'
Beepity
No...no, man, it's "High, how are you?"
blkbox
Yes.
CheshirePhoenix
This person knows the only correct answer.
GunganExterminator
No officer, it's "hi, how are you?"