Business Insider4 年
Meet the airline pilot who became the first Air Force reservist to qualify to fly the U-2
Jeffrey Anderson, 99th Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, qualified to fly the U-2 Dragon Lady. The U-2 Dragon Lady is known as the hardest aircraft to fly in the world, it has been a host to less ...
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What it's like to spend 125 days flying the U-2, according to the only active-duty pilot to ...
When US Air Force pilot Lt. Col. "Jethro" first learned about the U-2, he was determined to get into the highly selective training program. Piloting the vaunted "Dragon Lady" meant flying "single ...
Business Insider4 年
How the Air Force makes sure U-2 spy plane pilots are ready to eject if something goes wrong
Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of an emergency where everything else in an aircraft fails. It is their last chance ...
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An Ohio Doctor's Remarkable Life: I Was a Jet Pilot, Barely Avoided 9/11 Flight, Then Fell ...
Cholene Espinoza joined the U.S. Air Force at 17 and was one of the first women to fly a U-2 jet. Later, she was a commercial pilot who barely missed being on Flight 93 on Sept. 11. During the ...