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Why the U-2 is one of the hardest aircraft ever to land

The U-2 spy plane was designed to fly higher than almost anything else on Earth, and that single requirement shaped every ...
The U-2’s ability to reach 70,000 feet—an altitude that most modern fighter jets cannot match—came about after a series of remarkable design innovations. The Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady routinely ...
A Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance aircraft made a rare dusk approach into RAF Fairford under the callsign BLACK01. The high-altitude spy jet descended slowly as fading light added to the atmosphere of the ...