[Land-speed] Fwd: Ride in a U-2 spy plane

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In late 1968 I got "my"   E-Ticket ride from NAS  Pensacola to  DC in the back seat of a nearly new Navy  F-4J .  I got the full monte:  unrestricted climb,   a really fast nape of the earth run across Eglin AFB,  a  Mach 1 blast over the Gulf, an inflight refuel  and a blown tire on touchdown at  Andrews AFB.   But compared to seeing the curvature of the earth below, and an inky black sky above  from the bubble of a U2 gliding along at  the edge of space, mine was a walk in the park.    
Mark C 
 
---- Benn <benn at sonic.net> wrote: 
> Oh, MAN!  A once in a million-lifetimes experience...
> Where's the queue?
> Benn
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wester Potter" <wester6935 at comcast.net>
> To: "LAND SPEED LIST" <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 1:52 PM
> Subject: [Land-speed] Fwd: Ride in a U-2 spy plane
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> 
> > Hope you can open this link.  This is our friend James May in a U-2 at  
> > 70,000 feet.
> > 
> > Wes
> > 
> > 
> >>>
> >>>        Over 70?  "Just Take A Pain Killer"   "Barack Obama"
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> >>> http://videos.komando.com/2009/08/15/to-the-edge-of-space/
> >>> This took my breath away, I could see my nephew  doing this
> >>>
> >>>> Breathtaking!!!!
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