The Most Difficult Military Airplane to Land

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Play War Thunder for FREE on PC, Playstation and Xbox. Click the link to download the game and get your exclusive bonus now: Download on PC: https://playwt.link/notwhatyouthink2024 Download on Mobile: https://wtm.game/notwhatyouthink Chapters: 0:00 The 70-year old airplane that refuses to land 1:55 The challenges of landing the U-2 spy plane (why the U-2 has bicycle wheels) 3:21 Why the U-2 pilots are trained in driving a chase car 4:04 How does the chase car drive estimate the distance of the U-2 from the ground? 4:59 Why the U-2 pilots have to stall the aircraft in order to land it 6:03 What is the job of the Mobile Officer during U-2 operations? 7:39 What does the 3-finger signal mean for U-2 pilots? 9:38 The U-2 pilots would boil to death without their space suit 10:45 The four layers of the U-2 pilots' $250,000 suit 11:28 How U-2 pilots eat and drink in flight 11:48 Why U-2 pilots wear metal spurs on their boots 12:26 How the U-2 pilots reduce the chances of decompression sickness 13:59 How the U-2 pilots pee while in flight (Urine Collection Device or UCD) 14:47 The U-2's Optical Bar Camera and historic U-2 missions 15:58 The decommissioning of the U-2's Optical Bar Camera 18:03 The "Coffin Corner" for U-2 pilots 19:20 The value of the U-2 airplanes during Operation Desert Storm 19:54 Who are the "Dragon Keepers"? #NotWhatYouThink #NWYT #longs Music: Where the Air Is Thin - Jay Varton Virginia Highway - Tigerblood Jewel Blue Texas - Rockin' For Decades Universal Solution - Robert Ruth Flightmode - Chris Shards Inbound - Brendon Moeller Linda Low - Lucention No Stone Unturned - Brendon Moeller Extra Fries - The Fly Guy Five Mortal Blow - Dream Cave Thyone - Ben Elson Enter The Night 1 - Fredrik Ekstrom Break Down - Phoenix Tail Keep an Eye - Frank Jonsson Footage: Select images/videos from Getty Images Shutterstock National Archives US Department of Defense Note: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."