I have had the good fortune to meet several U2 pilots. They were all=20
soft spoken, humble fellows who seemed to feel the U2 was no big deal.=20
 From what I have read I have concluded that the U2's normal operation=20
requires everything to be packed in the corners of the envelopes. U2=20
pilots are every bit as precise as their airplanes.
I think there are some Youtubes of their landings as well.

On 3/15/2014 3:48 PM, RussellMc wrote:
> I am not a pilot, as will be evident. I read an extensive comment on the
> flight characteristics of the u2 long ago:
>
> U2 stall and DNE velocities were stated to effectively merge at high enou=
gh
> altitude -  somewhere in the 70,000+ feet range.
> Unstalled a u2 apparently "just wants to fly" and coaxing it down was
> apparently a difficult task.
>
>    Russell

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