Amazing new photos of the U-2 Dragon Lady at work

[Owen Lucas]

The article speculates these are some of the last professional photos of the Dragon Lady at work before she becomes a museum piece.

The U-2 Dragon Lady As You Have Never Seen It Before

Professional photographer Blair Bunting just flew an unprecedented air-to-air shoot at around 70,000-feet in the legendary U-2 spy plane.

www.thedrive.com

 

[loneryder]

It looks really dirty in there.

 

[Legal Eagles]

I was expecting more Bono...

 

[Owen Lucas]

It looks really dirty in there.

Star Wars vibes.

I was expecting more Bono...

lol, I updated the title.

 

[wwillson]

This is the first time I've seen the earth in the attitude indicator depicted in red. I wonder why it's red instead of the usual brown?

 

[y_p_w]

I was expecting more Bono...

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This is as far as I'm going to go. I got in trouble last time with the Casey Kasem topic.

 

[Number_35]

The article speculates these are some of the last professional photos of the Dragon Lady at work before she becomes a museum piece.

The U-2 Dragon Lady As You Have Never Seen It Before

Professional photographer Blair Bunting just flew an unprecedented air-to-air shoot at around 70,000-feet in the legendary U-2 spy plane.

www.thedrive.com

That was a very good read. The photos are incredible. Thanks so much for posting!

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

The article speculates these are some of the last professional photos of the Dragon Lady at work before she becomes a museum piece.

The U-2 Dragon Lady As You Have Never Seen It Before

Professional photographer Blair Bunting just flew an unprecedented air-to-air shoot at around 70,000-feet in the legendary U-2 spy plane.

www.thedrive.com

Thanks a lot for sharing this awesome story + photos.

 

[alarmguy]

The article speculates these are some of the last professional photos of the Dragon Lady at work before she becomes a museum piece.

The U-2 Dragon Lady As You Have Never Seen It Before

Professional photographer Blair Bunting just flew an unprecedented air-to-air shoot at around 70,000-feet in the legendary U-2 spy plane.

www.thedrive.com

Awesome!
I wrote down the model of his watch looked like a TAG Monoco, worn on the outside of his space suit and I see he also took his iPhone with him. I have one of those Not sure if I will ever have the Tag Monaco though.

I told my wife, it's also a shame we dont need these planes anymore, replaced by technology... almost sad. Sometimes I miss the analog world.

 

[y_p_w]

Awesome!
I wrote down the model of his watch looked like a TAG Monoco, worn on the outside of his space suit and I see he also took his iPhone with him. I have one of those Not sure if I will ever have the Tag Monaco though.

I told my wife, it's also a shame we dont need these planes anymore, replaced by technology... almost sad. Sometimes I miss the analog world.

The U2 is just an earlier form of technology.

 

[ArrestMeRedZ]

They were going to retire those while I was still in the Air Force and that was 30 years ago.

 

[Skippy722]

Having never been on a plane of any sort before….. who do I talk to so I can do this? Because this is so incredibly amazing and I’m jealous

 

[Owen Lucas]

Having never been on a plane of any sort before….. who do I talk to so I can do this? Because this is so incredibly amazing and I’m jealous

The article mentions these flights are reserved for dignitaries and multi star generals. It was a fear that this photographer made it but for some reason he was chosen. I don’t know anything about military personnel but I’d figure we have more than enough qualified photographers in the Air Force to take these pictures.

 

[Skippy722]

The article mentions these flights are reserved for dignitaries and multi star generals. It was a fear that this photographer made it but for some reason he was chosen. I don’t know anything about military personnel but I’d figure we have more than enough qualified photographers in the Air Force to take these pictures.

At a cost of $130,000+ per hour of flight they ain’t going to hand those out like candy… one can still dream