U-2/TR-1 Dragon Lady

[gfydad]

Don't see this too often! 

[phantomphan1974]

Naked Dragon Lady

[Josh]

Don't see this too often! 

WOW, You really don't. Love them. Looks like a TR-1B, now called TU-2S.

Been looking for a record of her, cant find one. There's only two 1Bs known, and that's not one of them.

[akradecki]

Jim, was this at PMD?

[gfydad]

I couldn't find any info either. It was at Plant 42.

[akradecki]

Hmm...must have been flying when I wasn't looking. I live under downwind (in fact, as I write this a C-17 is overhead), so I'll start watching more carefully.

[Midnight Mover]

Don't see this too often! 

Very, very nice

[gfydad]

Thanks! 

[GTagami]

Wow, fantastic catch!!

[akradecki]

In life, I have several passions, with aviation being one of them. One of my others is planetary exploration. I just finished reading Andrew Chaikin's book A Passion for Mars, and it occurred to me that back in 2003, when Mars was closest to earth, I had managed to actually photograph it with my Nikon 5700, without a telescope, and with a U-2 in the image, as the plane was turning base for a landing at Palmdale. I went and dug out the pic which, since this forum didn't exist at the time, I had no way of sharing with like-minded folks at the time. So, in case there's anyone else in the house who loves space stuff in addition to aviation, here's the pic.

[phantomphan1974]

Very cool and lucky shot Alan!

[NikonGuy]

Mars huh? man that sure is a cool pic... thnx for sharing that pic Alan... 

[phantomphan1974]

TR-1