Accomplishments And Problematic Events With The Lockheed U-Two

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Do you like planes? Do you like spying? Well, this is for you. This essay will tell you about the accomplishments and problematic events with the Lockheed U-2.(Wikipedia) The U-2 is a plane with landing gear difficult to use.(Wikipedia) This essay will be covering three topics that were interesting to me. Test Flights were very surprising.(Area 51, U-2 and the Accidental Test Flight) The Missile Gap and May 1960 Incident were both events and problems with our country.(Wikipedia) The first test flight wasn’t meant for flying, only a high speed taxi test.(Area 51, U-2 and the Accidental Test Flight) The pilot, Tony LeVeir, went forward and it instantly jumped into the air at 70 knots(81 mph)(Area 51, U-2 and the Accidental Test Flight).