Pics from a U2

AeroT

AeroT

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I have a buddy who is a mechanic in the airforce who works on the U2. He asked the pilot to bring his camera up to take a few pics. Enjoy!

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highspeed said:
Damn it, this is new Top Gear... new epi's soon I think.
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I don't think it was actually Top Gear, but a special he put on.

New episodes are up on various sites as well, not that I would ever do such a thing.
 
highspeed said:
Damn it, this is new Top Gear... new epi's soon I think.
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That video is from a special program that May did, called "James May on the Moon." Top Gear UK is in the middle of their 16th series right now; they've done, I believe, two or three new episodes so far this series.
 
Ok, then I'll go and watch the video now. Didn't want to spoil a full epi on a full TV. And I have the internet TG site, need to connect the laptop to the TV for it.
 
mshunter said:
How long would a free fall take from that altitude I wonder.
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Yeah that was only 70,000 feet too. The highest parachute jump was part of Project Excelsior, performed by Joseph Kittenger (from a weather balloon) at an altitude of 102,800 feet. It took him 4 minutes and 36 seconds to fall from that altitude to his parachute deployment altitude of around 17,000 feet. His terminal velocity was 614MPH. Crazy stuff.
 
James May has made several different shows over the last couple of years. 'Big Ideas' is easily the best and worth watching if you can find it, as is his 'Big Wine Adventure', with Oz Clarke. 'Toy Stories' was based on the toys we enjoyed in England in our youth, and then using them to create larger versions. This included building a plastic model spitfire in 1:1 scale, and a model train set 10 miles long. I enjoyed it, but I doubt it got picked up in the US, since Mechano and Hornby are largely unknown here. 'Man Lab' was a complete waste of time. The premise was to remind the British gentleman of the essential knowledge required of manliness. Things like how to wire a plug (an essential task with the UK's 240v system) and how to fight a duel. The program degraded into 50 minutes of James May cocking about. The one useful thing he showed us (the plug) he got wrong, and they had to show a retraction in the next episode. All it really showed was how pathetic and hipsterish many English men are.

He's a decent presenter, but hasn't had as good subject matter as Clarkson. Hammond presents the English version of 'Wipeout'. Go Figure.
 
NickH said:
'Toy Stories' was based on the toys we enjoyed in England in our youth, and then using them to create larger versions. This included building a plastic model spitfire in 1:1 scale, and a model train set 10 miles long. I enjoyed it, but I doubt it got picked up in the US, since Mechano and Hornby are largely unknown here.
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We had Toy Story on in The States. Ran right after TG but haven't seen it in a while.
 
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