U-2 tests on a Aircraft Carrier

[Johnbr]

Here is something you do not see every day.

 

[SOC]

Looks like a U-2R on America as part of the EP-X trials. They did similar carrier ops earlier on in the program with the U-2G.

 

[Firebee]

Chris Pocock's book "50 Years ofthe U-2" ISBN 9780764323461, has a chapter titled "The Carrier Capability" pages 200-209.

50 Years of the U-2

When the U-2 first took off in 1955, no one involved in its top-secret project dreamt that this unique reconnaissance aircraft would still be flying today. The long story of the Dragon Lady is amazing, and complex; this book tells it all, in unprecedented detail, from the early days overflying...

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