U-2 Crash

[exNavyOffRec]

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pi...e-crash/ar-BBwpnzs?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

Thoughts to the family of the pilot that didn't make it and speedy recovery to the other.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Thoughts and prayers from here. I did some training and a flight with those guys a couple of years ago, so this one hits close to home.

 

[cfam]

Great guys, we get to work with them at Nellis a bunch. Prayers....

 

[HuggyU2]

Press release with names will occur this afternoon.

 

[picklesuit]

Two seater is the trainer?

 

[Flash]

Two seater is the trainer?

Yes, the TU-2S. Apparently there were only 5 of them.

 

[sevenhelmet]

Correct, only 5, each of them hand-built by Skunk Works. Each jet is just a tiny bit different than the others, so their intermediate/depot-level maintenance (on-site at Beale) is less like an assembly line, and more like a custom shop. It's pretty neat to see.

 

[DesertRooster]

The pilot who died after ejecting from a U2 spy plane that crashed in northern California was identified Wednesday as Lt. Col. Ira S. Eadie. The pilot who died after ejecting from a U2 spy plane that crashed in northern California was identified Wednesday as Lt. Col. Ira S. Eadie.

(I don't know why it repeated itself)

 

[pelexecute]

Shooter was a great guy and and an even better family man. He has 6 children and recently became a grandfather.

He was also a fellow Gold Winger. He flew P-3's in Jax, taught at VT-6 in the mid-2000's and finished up his Navy time flying C-9's out of Oceana as an FTS reservist. He transferred over to the AF and U-2's in early 2010 and had been here ever since.

If anyone is so inclined, a fund is being set up by a squadron mate to help with family travel and other expenses.

https://www.youcaring.com/ashley-eadie-654162