U 2
product on 2 shows · 8 statements across 2 episodes
8 statements about U 2, every show
Sankar: Kelly Johnson built 41 airframes and developed U-2 in 13 months
“In his lifetime, he built 41 airframes. That is insane. Many of which we still fly today. You know, and he built the U-II in 13 months.”
Skunk Works Delivered the U-2 Spy Plane in 18 Months for $3.5M
“So Skunk Works completes and delivers the plane by July, 1955. So like a year and a half and for a total project cost of three and a half million dollars.”
Edwin Land and Polaroid Created the U-2 Reconnaissance Camera
“Indeed, the U.S. Did, and that was Dr. Edwin Land and the Polaroid Company, who subcontracted and created all of that.”
Lockheed's Skunk Works Created Area 51 to Test the U-2
“This is Area-Fifty-One. Skunk Works creates Area-fifty-one.”
U-2 Test Pilots Pre-Breathed Pure Oxygen for Two Hours Before Flight
“They needed to breathe pure oxygen for two hours to remove all the nitrogen from their blood in case they had to eject, because remember, these are test pilots on a super experimental aircraft.”
The U-2 Program Delivered Louisiana Purchase Levels of Government Value
“I think you could make an analogy to, like, the Louisiana Purchase in terms of, like, best deals that the United States government ever got relative to, like, the benefit to America.”
The 1960 U-2 Shootdown Was History's First Surface-to-Air Missile Kill
“This was the first time in history that a ground-to-air missile had shot down
An airplane.”