One of the rarest sights in aviation made a dramatic appearance at RIAT 2024 – the legendary Lockheed U-2 spy plane. In this video, I capture its precise, almost surreal landing, complete with ...

We recently heard from two U-2 spy plane pilots about what it’s like to operate this aircraft and how the Air Force uses it today. Here’s what we learned. The landing literally involves a ...

Having that gear on makes landing the plane even more challenging ... [Related: Everything you could ever want to know about flying the U-2 spy plane] The point of the aircraft is to gather ...

Because the spy plane's pilots are so ... But this is just a practice landing: After coasting for a few seconds, the pilot throttles up again and the U-2 takes off seemingly vertical, rapidly ...

The U-2 spy plane lifted off for the first time on August ... One thing Johnson ditched was wing-mounted landing gear. On takeoff, temporary wheels called "pogos" fall away from the wings.

U-2 spy plane about to land at Beale AFB ... Because he can’t see his landing gear. At the guidance of the chase car, the U-2 pilot effectively stalls his aircraft, then carefully drops the ...

you have to cut a few corners in the takeoff and landing department. Such is the case with the U2 spy plane, a single-engine jet with an absolutely enormous 104-foot wingspan that gives it ...