Remembering the Dragon Lady :: memoirs of the men who experienced the legend of the U-2 spy plane /
With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying airc...
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| Zusammenfassung: | With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying aircraft in the US inventory were vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and a number of cross-border flights were shot down. To meet the challenge and improve the survivability, the Lockheed Corporation received approval for their revolutionary design of a new recon aircraft on December 9, 1954. The company began. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (page 399) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781907677854 1907677852 |
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| contents | List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; From Idea to Reality; A Tribute to Our Leader; The Chosen Few; Flying with the Lady; It Took a Dedicated Team ... ; Dressing Up and Stepping Out; Dragon Lady Doctors; Dragon Lady Caregivers; To Launch a Recon Around the World; Alaska, North Pole and Vietnam Flights; Family And Community; Royal Air Force U-2 Pilots; Republic of China Air Force U-2 Pilots; Recommended Reading; Index |
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| spelling | McIlmoyle, Gerald E. Remembering the Dragon Lady : memoirs of the men who experienced the legend of the U-2 spy plane / Gerald E. McIlmoyle and Linda Rios Bromley. Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Co., 2011. 1 online resource (407 pages) : illustrations, map text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (page 399) and index. Print version record. List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; From Idea to Reality; A Tribute to Our Leader; The Chosen Few; Flying with the Lady; It Took a Dedicated Team ... ; Dressing Up and Stepping Out; Dragon Lady Doctors; Dragon Lady Caregivers; To Launch a Recon Around the World; Alaska, North Pole and Vietnam Flights; Family And Community; Royal Air Force U-2 Pilots; Republic of China Air Force U-2 Pilots; Recommended Reading; Index With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the U-2 project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951, but existing lower flying aircraft in the US inventory were vulnerable to anti-aircraft fire and a number of cross-border flights were shot down. To meet the challenge and improve the survivability, the Lockheed Corporation received approval for their revolutionary design of a new recon aircraft on December 9, 1954. The company began. U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft) Anecdotes. U-2 (Avion de reconnaissance) Anecdotes. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Military Science. bisacsh U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft) fast Anecdotes fast Bromley, Linda Rios. has work: Remembering the Dragon Lady (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFQvhX89yjY6VDYWwdPKgq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: McIlmoyle, Gerald E. Remembering the Dragon Lady. Solihull, West Midlands, England : Helion & Co., 2011 9781907677205 (DLC) 2011535728 (OCoLC)679923331 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=458338 Volltext |
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