Gary Powers, Jr. took a U-2 flight in 2000. He talks about what he saw from 70,000 ft., including Area 51. He also discusses ...

In contemporary society, so do pilots, and those who fly the U-2 Spy Plane require a unique method to do so. The very nature of what the U-2 is — a high-flying, stealthy spy plane — often ...

When a plane goes down, an ejection seat keeps pilots from going down with it. Ejecting from an ejection seat is not something a pilot wants to do, but it is something they have to do in case of ...

First adopted by the Air Force in 1956, the U-2 quickly gained a reputation as the world’s most sophisticated spy plane, where pilots don special, astronaut-stye suits to operate at altitudes of ...

The U-2 spy plane is an engineering marvel, but it can't land on its own. This is the complicated process pilots have to go through to bring the plane down safely. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook ...

Inside the Cockpit U-2 pilots fly a quirky old spy plane to the edge of space, the highest person on Earth every time they go to work. Nobody to help them if something goes wrong. It’s a life ...

A fierce battle of wills between America and China over the downed U.S. spy plane threatened ... when an American U2 spy plane was shot down over Russia and its pilot, Gary Powers, was put on ...

Fox-body Ford Mustangs and a whole crop of high-performers from GM have served the US Air Force over the years, helping land the legendary U-2 spy plane ... to guide the pilot down safely.

Pilot Maj. Richard Heyser used the U-2 to gather ... These cars were used for two decades, even driving under each wing to keep the U-2 plane steady. Up next was the CHP Fox Body Mustang after ...

China has lodged "stern representations" with the United States, accusing it of sending a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane into a no-fly zone over Chinese live-fire military drills on Tuesday ...

Official documents record a dialogue between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. after a U.S. spy plane goes down in ... As previously announced, it was known that a U-2 plane was missing.

The U-2 spy plane has been in service for more than 60 years and still flies missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. WSJ's Michael Phillips got a rare opportunity to fly to the edge of space and explore ...