Flight of the Dragon Lady

[gkainz]

got this in an email today - I can't recall if it's been posted here before or not ...

http://www.67rts.org/flightofthedragonlady.htm

 

[JasonCT]

Great post Greg!

 

[steingar]

Really, really cool. Thanx for the post.

 

[KennyFlys]

Such inadequacy! Transponders reporting only up to 60,000 feet???

Great story!

 

[tonycondon]

nice report. 28:1 at 109 knots isnt too bad. I suppose you could say its a decent motorglider. This would be particularly disconcerting:

There I became reacquainted with the effects of hypoxia and was subjected to a sudden decompression that elevated the chamber to 73,000 feet. The pressure suit inflated as advertised and just as suddenly I became the Michelin man. I was told that it is possible to fly the U-2 while puffed up but that it is difficult. A beaker of water in the chamber boiled furiously to demonstrate what would happen to my blood if I were exposed without protection to ambient pressure above 63,000 feet.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Barry Schiff wrote that for Pilot several years ago... a very vivid description of flying the U-2...

 

[t0r0nad0]

Very nice - I wanna try it!

 

[Frank Browne]

Great read. That's gotta be an awesome flight. Thanks Greg!