U2 from Beale AB

[artydesigns]

Watched a documentary about the U2 the other day thought I'd give it a try. Didn't need my pressure suit and only got to FL650 before I got bored. Here's some of the shots as I climbed out of Beale at dawn.








Check out the curve of the Earth, never been this high in FS9.

[Michael E.]

Nice shots!

I would have needed the pressure suit.

[aircav1970]

Excellent Shots! Specially liked #4 with all the lights on!

[flyboy208]

Awesome! I love the U2, and had the pleasure of knowing a USAF Colonel who flew these. Very small margin of airspeed between cruise flight and stall speed. He did mention not to eat any Chili or spicy food before the missions, then you really need the pressure suit for other things! Cheers! Mike

2 links to threads of mine you might find interesting featuring different types of U-2's :

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?t=184942

http://www.flightsim.com/vbfs/showthread.php?t=185378

Also - there are a few more U-2 variants in the library here:

FS2004 U-2C Additions - A Complete Aircraft

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Name: u-2addon.zip Size: 2,366,731 Date: 08-09-2008 Downloads: 568
FS2004 U-2C Additions - A Complete Aircraft. Lockheed-Martin U-2 single engine, high altitude aircraft. Modifications and additions to the 'Dragon Lady'. Tried to make flyable this Dragon Lady that Kazunori Ito originally uploaded (only the textures and model folders/files). By Ricardo Jones.




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FS2002 - FS2002 Aircraft
FS2002/FS2004 Lockheed U-2C Dragon Lady

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Name: u2c_860.zip Size: 1,048,070 Date: 08-04-2008 Downloads: 390
FS2002/FS2004 Lockheed U-2C Dragon Lady. The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed Dragon Lady, is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency. U-2C is enhanced single-seat model with improved engine and modified engine intakes. This package is model and texture only and does not include the flight dynamics file (aircraft.cfg and air file), panel, VC. By Kazunori Ito.




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FS2002 - FS2002 Aircraft
FS2002/FS2004 Lockheed U-2A Dragon Lady

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Name: u2a_701.zip Size: 1,140,278 Date: 07-27-2008 Downloads: 734
FS2002/FS2004 Lockheed U-2A Dragon Lady. The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed Dragon Lady, is a single-engine, high-altitude aircraft flown by the United States Air Force and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency. It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,000 m plus), all-weather surveillance. The aircraft is also used for electronic sensor research and development, satellite calibration, and satellite data validation. This package is model and texture only and not included the flight dynamics file (aircraft.cfg and air file), panel, VC. By Kazunori Ito.

[IronmanMLR]

Some more great shots. I especially like the one where you were looking down on the U-2 and the clouds were way down underneath.

[Ragtopjohnny]

Nice! Like the pre-dawn effect too in those shots!

[AlienA51]

It looks soooo ...peacefull upthere great captures.

Gary

[NMLW]

Cools series of that U2! Nice lighting effects too.

[Kofi]

Great stuff!
A friend of mine used to fly those too!

[FlyingKiwi]

Nice shots, the lighting effects on the base in the fourth shot are really cool.