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The Spy in the Sky,
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This review is from: U-2 Flight Manual: Models U-2C and U-2F Aircraft (Manuals of Flight) (Paperback)
The CIA's U-2 program was approved by President Eisenhower in December 1954, and the first aircraft flew within two years. It provided invaluable intelligence to the US by flying over forbidden airspace. It became famous May 1, 1960 when one was shot down over the Soviet Union by a Surface-to-Air Missile, and Francis Gary Powers, the pilot, was captured and tried. The manual gives a wealth of detail on the aircraft. There are drawings of the general configuration (three views), cockpit arrangement, instrument panel, driftsight sextant system. Also lotsa charts and graphs on such things as dead-engine-glide distance, fuel and oxygen vs time, speed-envelope vs altitude. Also check lists like Flameout Landing Procedure, Emergency Procedures, Pilot Comfort, Emergency Canopy Jettison. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in special aircraft and The Cold War.
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U-2 Flight Manual: Models U-2C and U-2F Aircraft (Manuals of Flight) by United States Air Force (Paperback - October 1, 2001)
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