U-2 Dragon Lady

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power SeriesHA6905Lockheed U-2R10338In 1954 Lockheed received approval to produce a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft. The creation of this aircraft went to Lockheed�s Skunk Works and the famous Kelly Johnson. The aircraft, a single-engine jet that could provide images day or night over Soviet territory, was labeled U-2 (U=utility) and given the name �Dragon Lady�. The first test flight took place in 1955 and was used by the CIA and the USAF during the Cold War. The...

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "Dragon Lady" , is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering. Lockheed Corporation originally proposed it in 1953, it was approved in 1954, and its first test flight was in 1955. It was flown during the Cold War over the Soviet...

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