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Not Navy, but a great piece of aviation - U2

PR1 H

PR1 H

Perpetually fixing cranial/rectal inversions
Phenominal video. I could only imagine having that experience.
 
Moc1Sig

Moc1Sig

Active Member
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that's awesome. was the pilot wearing giant prescription glasses...? seemed weird.
 
MIDNJAC

MIDNJAC

is clara ship
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TA BOND said:
that's awesome. was the pilot wearing giant prescription glasses...? seemed weird.
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Our XO wears funny looking prescription glasses when he flies too...... pretty sure NAMI cuts you some slack as you get older
 
HuggyU2

HuggyU2

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Yes, the glasses have much larger lenses to improve your peripheral vision in the suit.
The frames do not have earpieces, but velcro onto the face seal of the helmet.
 
helolumpy

helolumpy

Apprentice School Principal
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Gotta love 104 KIAS at 70K!!

By my math it would take an H-60 28 minutes to autorotate from that altitude!!

A buddy of mine at JFCOM flys the U-2; he talked about strapping in for 9-10 hour flights every other day!! I don't know about the rest of you out there, but my ass was only good for about 3.5 before it started letting me know it wasn't happy!!
 
Godspeed

Godspeed

His blood smells like cologne.
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Huggy you'll have to share some of your U2 experiences/stories with us if you get the time. I'd love to know what that flying is like. Are Naval Aviators able to do exchange tours in U2s by chance?
 
HuggyU2

HuggyU2

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Not exchange tours, but we have a bunch of U-2 pilots that did interservice transfers from the Navy/USMC/USCG. It's a pretty eclectic mix of aviators... truly The Land of Misfit Toys.
 
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