Airplane Pics

[arbol]

So the black things are solar panels?

Obviously made for long term endurance?

-John

[flogger]

The picture was taken from a press release today. I had heard that they sent a U-2 up to check the thing out. It would be great to see some data like Altitude, Time and Airspeed. Nice picture!

[arbol]

It looks like we can see the curvature of the earth in the picture, so yeah, cool picture, but also scary, when you realize those are likely huge solar panels, under a huge balloon, supporting xyz payload.

[flogger]

It would be nice to identify the shoreline at the top of the picture.
Also, from what I understand, the U-2 is a handful at altitude, banking and turns are very slow. It's very interesting 'they' are still keeping a/the U-2 on-call! I like it.

[rondog]

Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?

[O2HeN2]

Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?

After a many-year drought, I've seen a few Chinooks over Colorado Springs lately...

O2

[Hoser]

Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?

Yup. The Air Force is still using them. Still a solid airframe, but their days are numbered. The Greywolf will start replacing them.

[flogger]

This is the cover of a 1920 Kodak catalog for the 'Premo' camera. I really like the image!

[Doc45]

My son and his crew were up a couple weeks ago getting their nv qualification

[Ah Pook]

Saw a couple of Huey helos fly over the casa this morning, is the military still using those?

There was a Heuy, doing bucket runs, at the Cold Springs fire in Nederland. That was a beast and the pilot was incredible.