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Lockheed U-2A
Engine: One Pratt & Whitney J57-P-37A of 11,000 lbs. thrust
(J75-P-13 of 17,000 lbs. thrust for later models)
Top Speed: 494 mph
Length: 49 ft. 7 in.
Height: 13 ft.
Span: 80 ft.
Range: 2,200 miles (over 3,000 miles
for later models)
Ceiling: Above 55,000 ft. (above 70,000 ft.
for later models)
Single-engine U-2 with sailplane-like wings was designed for surveil-
lance missions in thin atmosphere above 55,000 feet altitude. Their
use was secret until 1966 when Francis Gary Powers was shot down
over Russia while on a non-USAF recon flight. U-2A displayed at
USAF Museum, W-PAFB, Ohio was last -A model built.
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