U2 Spy Plane • Cockpit View At 70,000 Feet

Spectacular footage filmed by the pilot of a U2 spy plane. This partial point-of-view video puts you in the pilot's seat at 70,000 feet. From takeoff to landing, see what it's like to be in the cockpit of the plane they nicknamed - Dragon Lady.
Film Credit: SrA Andrew Buchanan 9Th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs
Derivative Works: Gung Ho Vids
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Have a look at The Gung Ho Vids Amazon Store.
Military Style Gear, Gaming and More. Link Below:

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[hickokhaley]

My Dad worked on this plane at Lockheed. I was about 5 when it took its maiden flight. We still see it flying around the Antelope Valley. My Dad died back in 2002, but when ever I see this plane it makes me smile.

[Nangleator]

That guy scrolled out pretty far on Google Earth.

[yurauro]

Imagine being up there all alone by yourself. I would totally love that.

[Armafly]

Extraordinary. No annoying music. No "talk, talk" BS. Just the real, right stuff. Thanks a lot for sharing with us this video.

[waynejfoster]

I know when you're at 36, 000 ft in a normal plane & you look out the window it looks like you're moving quite slow but at 70, 000 ft it doesn't look like you're moving at all.
Just amazing.

[jcf]

There's a string of yarn on the nose.
Can't beat old tech.

[fischermann]

what blew me away is the absolutely short take off roll for this thing to get off the ground.. wow..

[doctorzaius]

Wow!!! This looks more incredible than I imagined it would look. What's really amazing to think about is the fact that the U-2 first flew in 1955. Imagine being the first pilot to take this up to 70, 000ft and see such a breathtaking view? Right there over the edge of earth's atmosphere? The world must have seemed so small.

[dgrassed]

its so peaceful upthere, it makes me feel at ease.

[wyldvigilante]

Awesome. My dad used to work on the U2 and was part of Francis Gary Powers ground crew. A piece of history now forgotten.

[WhallonJesse]

I love how this multi-million dollar aircraft still uses a yaw string to help with coordination.

[YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect]

- Hey, what ya doin?
- Climbing.
10 minutes later:
- Hey, what ya doin?
- Climbing.
30 minutes later:
- ?
- Still climbing.

[grahammorgan]

06:30 the view is absolutely amazing. Damn I regret not following that path in my life. Pilots get to see what many do not. Thanks for posting

[AQS]

Pretty amazing to see how the atmosphere changes the color of the sky to blue and looking up to see the black of space.

[danielkeirsteadsr]

I wish he would roll the window down so i could get a clearer look.

[NICH]

70, 000 ft from people and their bullshit. Beautiful!

[emullen]

I’m like does this guy really need a damn space suit... then 3 minutes in I’m like wow good thing he has a space suit lmaoo

[kiteman]

I was stationed at Beale (worked the flight-line) for 2.5 years. Watching the Dragon Lady take off and land never got old. Amazing how quickly she disappeared into the sky. The Sutter Buttes were the backdrop, truly stunning at sunset.

[goneflying]

Now that is about as ALONE as you can get. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[leejeffries]

Back in 84, me and two other C-130 mechanics on the graveyard shift at RAF Mildenhall got tired of waiting for a ride across the active runway for late night chow and decided to sneak across on foot. A U2 had been running up on the hammerhead FOREVER and we eventually concluded that it was a maintenance run. As soon as we started running across...
Brake release!

With a U2 coming at us, the width of that runway felt like the Boston Marathon.
Made it across about two seconds before the rocket with wings passed over our dumb asses.😂

We continued to run a considerable distance while laughing to put some tarmac between us and the potential official proceedings that would, at best, cost us the few stripes that we had thus far earned and grown fond of.

And that reminds me of the time that an armoured personnel carrier left the nuclear alert pad to chase me down on my Fuji 12 speed bicycle one quiet Sunday morning after work while some of my buddies were chasing me in a convertible and shooting me with a very realistic M-16 water gun.
Good times🤣😂