U-2 Dragon Lady Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions

U-2 Dragon Lady Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions
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Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9780981652665
ISBN-13 : 0981652662
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Download or read book U-2 Dragon Lady Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions written by United States Air Force and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conceived during the dark days of the Cold War, the U-2 is a single-engine,single-seat, surveillance aircraft. Designed by aeronautical engineer ¿Kelly¿ Johnson, the plane was used by the C.I.A. to photograph installations deep inside Soviet Russia. Known as the ¿Dragon Lady¿, the U-2 was classified. Its existence remained a secret until 1960, when a U-2 flown by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet territory. The U-2 went on to have a long and illustrious career. Upgraded airframes remained in use five decades after it first debuted. Originally printed by Lockheed and the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s, this Flight Operating Handbook taught pilots everything they needed to know before entering the cockpit. Classified ¿Restricted¿, the manual was recently declassified and is here reprinted in book form. This affordable facsimile has been slightly reformatted. Care has been taken however to preserve the integrity of the text.


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