alohacessna Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Cougerdriver...if you were offered an interview, I'm sure Huggy would be more than happy to watch the Dragon Lady serve you some humble pie as your interview pilot. Huggy would be the last person in the U-2 community you might want to insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WheelzUp Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 (edited) Exactly. But not to worry....that's why the interview exists. We see if you can handle the jet, but only if you aren't first sent home for douchebaggery. And yes, Huggy is the man. Wheelz Edited September 14, 2012 by WheelzUp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LL Windshear Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Huggy is the man. QFT. Thanks again for the ride on Tuesday, Huggy. I dropped off the video in the office next to your ops desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 sts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoo Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 My God. Don't worry, that sunshine is firmly implanted in Huggy's ass.Buy some damn knee pads for shit's sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoo Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 No worries, we were having fun regardless of your involvement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBuckle Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 A great photo posted by Beale AFB's Facebook... Beale AFB Facebook Further to this, a little article and great video to go with it... http://airman.dodlive.mil/2012/09/u-2-above-all/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceman Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Further to this, a little article and great video to go with it... http://airman.dodliv.../u-2-above-all/ Cool video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ratner Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Take my word for it, Huggy's a totally adequate pilot. You should have seen him in the mighty MC-12. Monitoring the Copilot Monitoring the Autopilot never looked so intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKopack Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 My friend Keith nailed a pretty good shot of the U-2 at the Sacramento airshow. Though some might appreciate... He's at www.kbvp.com 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 THAT's a keeper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I had no idea you could fly to the moon in one of those things. Is this picture a classification breach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKopack Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 I had no idea you could fly to the moon in one of those things. Is this picture a classification breach? Might be able to get that far out with the wing pods removed. (I didn't even realize that they were removable...) I'd like to get out to Beale and just watch one day... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Further to this, a little article and great video to go with it... http://airman.dodliv.../u-2-above-all/ At 6:05 is that thing landing on a carrier??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBuckle Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) At 6:05 is that thing landing on a carrier??? Yup! The U-2G. As far as I know it was only used operationally a few of times Edited October 21, 2012 by MichaelBuckle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Yup! The U-2G. As far as I know it was only used operationally a few of times That is not a U-2G. That is a U-2R, which is much larger... the same airframe being flown today. The U-2G was a modified U-2C model. You are correct that the U-2G flew a couple of operational sorties, watching the French set of nukes in the Pacific. The U-2R never flew operationally off of the carrier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelBuckle Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 That is not a U-2G. That is a U-2R, which is much larger... the same airframe being flown today. The U-2G was a modified U-2C model. You are correct that the U-2G flew a couple of operational sorties, watching the French set of nukes in the Pacific. The U-2R never flew operationally off of the carrier. Oh yes, didn't even realise the U-2R was carrier capable! But now I look at the image I can see it's a U-2R. What was entailed in making the aircraft capable of landing on a carrier, just the addition of a hook or more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 They also put a deflector-cage in front of the tail wheel and on the wingtips to keep them from snagging the the cable. Additionally, the flaps could be lowered to 50 degrees, vice the normal 35 degree max setting. That added a lot of extra drag, and gave the power response they needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEVIL Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 I just learned something on this forum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBVP Posted October 22, 2012 Share Posted October 22, 2012 a couple from Beale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingle Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 a couple from Beale as the aircraft is flown today, are the control surfaces still so heavy as to require a yoke? or if it was redesigned today would they give it a stick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuggyU2 Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 (edited) as the aircraft is flown today, are the control surfaces still so heavy as to require a yoke? Not so much a function of the "heaviness", but more along the lines of needing a large throw. The yoke rotates 120 degrees. or if it was redesigned today would they give it a stick? If the aircraft were designed today, it wouldn't look anything like a U-2 , since the current U-2 fails all the test pilot evaluations on the Cooper-Harper scale. But if everything remained the same, a standard stick would not work. That's why we have the yoke. Edited October 23, 2012 by Huggyu2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoo Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Ah, the ol' Cooper-Harper scale... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingle Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%E2%80%93Harper_rating_scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BolterKing Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 That is not a U-2G. That is a U-2R, which is much larger... the same airframe being flown today. The U-2G was a modified U-2C model. You are correct that the U-2G flew a couple of operational sorties, watching the French set of nukes in the Pacific. The U-2R never flew operationally off of the carrier. I think we should bring this program back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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