How much weight creep in bondo?
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U-2 Retirement
- Thread starter Llarry
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Probably none. The jet was stripped down and it was significantly more than a "bondo" repair.
I flew with a guy who washed out of the U-2 program. He said he was fine until it was time to fly in the pressure suit. I could see how that is a thing. Hats off to the folks who qualified.
For historical sake? The first ones were bare, right?
Pretty much, yes. The early A-models flying out of Groom Lake were metal finish.
Plus, we really need that 2-seater now, not in a few months.
Love the step ladder next to the airplane. Nobody would be allowed to do that today.
Back then, engineering was about innovation, rather than bureaucratic jobs programs.
hlg6016
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Not OSHA compliant.Yeah, screw those safety guys!
4 legged OSHA rep in the background agrees
This has nothing to do with the U-2 retirement...
But since it involves the U-2 and a Navy guy, I'm posting it here to avoid another thread.
Gary "Elvis" Costello is a Navy P-3 pilot who came to the U-2. Now at American. In the dark shirt.
Keith "Mountain" Broecker is a former U-2 pilot now at UAL. In the green shirt.
Both are hilarious entertainers and great Americans. Enjoy.
But since it involves the U-2 and a Navy guy, I'm posting it here to avoid another thread.
Gary "Elvis" Costello is a Navy P-3 pilot who came to the U-2. Now at American. In the dark shirt.
Keith "Mountain" Broecker is a former U-2 pilot now at UAL. In the green shirt.
Both are hilarious entertainers and great Americans. Enjoy.
Gary was in my P-3 squadron many moons ago. I actually sat next to him at a Teds Bulletin in Denver while on a job and while he was on a layover. It took a cocktail or two for both of us to finally realize, "hey, aren't you . . . . . " It was a fun night . . .
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Amazing how much better a voice not ravaged by drug abuse is. Nice job!
Layne catching strays here on AW...
Those dudes are pretty talented though.
I've come to realize that if I couldn't quite make out the meaning of songs from that era, the song was probably about heroin addiction. 😆
On PDX layover currently, hearing a lot of those voices