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This was sent to me as an email, the "guest" is James May "captain slow" off "top gear" for those not sure these were the U.S.A's spy plane in the period [approx.]1960-1970 when Garry Powers [in 1962] a pilot was famously shot down over Russia in one...solar 17 [Baden]
This is unbelievable, we should all get the chance to do this once in a lifetime.
Ride a spy plane. See the world at 30,000, 40,000, 50,000, 60,000
and finally at 70,000 feet. From 70,000 feet you look down 35,000 feet at a
jetliner passing below at its normal cruising altitude of 35,000 ft.
Turn up your sound and expand your picture. Only the International
Space Station is higher. Really awesome...
Breathtaking spy plane footage. [VIDEO]
Fasten your seat belt for a fantastic ride.
This video is a once in a lifetime experience of a British civilian
getting a flight at over 70,000 ft. in a U-2 spy plane. Please note at the
take-off the assist wheels on the outer edges of the wings which drop off
upon take-off. The wings are so long that they need temporary support
until lift-off. What is not shown is at the landing the plane actually
slows to a small enough speed that two guys are actually able to grab the
wing tips and put those assist wheels back on.
The civilian getting the ride is the host of the car show Top Gear
on BBC shown through Europe at 9:00 pm Sunday night in Belgium . The views
are spectacular as the U-2 flies at altitudes which constitute "SPACE."
This is unbelievable, we should all get the chance to do this once in a lifetime.
Ride a spy plane. See the world at 30,000, 40,000, 50,000, 60,000
and finally at 70,000 feet. From 70,000 feet you look down 35,000 feet at a
jetliner passing below at its normal cruising altitude of 35,000 ft.
Turn up your sound and expand your picture. Only the International
Space Station is higher. Really awesome...
Breathtaking spy plane footage. [VIDEO]
Fasten your seat belt for a fantastic ride.
This video is a once in a lifetime experience of a British civilian
getting a flight at over 70,000 ft. in a U-2 spy plane. Please note at the
take-off the assist wheels on the outer edges of the wings which drop off
upon take-off. The wings are so long that they need temporary support
until lift-off. What is not shown is at the landing the plane actually
slows to a small enough speed that two guys are actually able to grab the
wing tips and put those assist wheels back on.
The civilian getting the ride is the host of the car show Top Gear
on BBC shown through Europe at 9:00 pm Sunday night in Belgium . The views
are spectacular as the U-2 flies at altitudes which constitute "SPACE."
thats insane 
