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Nice stuff Alan!

From the Facebook post it was taken from (the page was The Chicken Works: The Aviation Art of J.P. Santiago via Aviation-Pictures/Videos/News) This stuff is golden- Lockheed U-2 carrier ops! Initial carrier trials were performed in August 1963 aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. More ops were done in February 1964 aboard the USS Ranger. Originally done as a way of giving the Navy eyes further over the horizon, the carrier quals dovetailed nicely into Operation Fishhawk, the 1964 U-2 overflights of the French nuclear test site at Murora Atoll in a remote part of the South Pacific. Murora was so r

Not a picture, but a very interesting video :

Hmm - nice if you're escaping, not so good if you're attacking - climb=loose speed. Superb shot anyway!

Nice decals? Where did you eventually find them?

Great shots Phil!

Superb leg CSoul - where's the Bucc from? Looks like a nice model

It does indeed look like a very nice aircraft!

Interesting aircraft Jankees - great shots!

Superb shots Clem!

Interesting shots Alan - those engines look a tad damaged!

Nice shots Alan!

I'll wait until Friday evening - that alright Alan?

Great shots Joe - and not a FMC in sight!

Saw one of these display at Fairford - breathtaking! Superb shots Clem!

Just think how the cans feel

Liverpool?

Chuck, was this you?

Superb shots Sean - meow!

Great shots Ros - rather you than me!

Suprise suprise, Alan is right! Must try harder next time!

That Type C looks very nice! Wonder if anyone has made a model of it? Anyways, here is the next one

Interesting repaint Jankees - the last shot shows how distinctive the wing was!

Impressive!

Superb shots Ros!