And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I was a big fan of that U2 for many years. Saw them in concert five times since 1983. Then they openly supported the pro abolition laws in Ireland a few years ago and broke my heart. Deleted all of my digital versions of their music and have not listened to them since. Haven’t missed it, actually.
Me too. Our ranch is about 6 miles east of Beale. The Pave Paws building is clearly visible from a hill on the west end of the ranch. My home is 15 miles to the east and very often you can hear the incoming S2s burning off fuel in preparation to land. When the conditions are just right we can hear Reville being played in the morning at the ranch. Kind of neat.
If the NACA marking is authentic the photo is from before October 1958, so years before Powers was shot down. The station wagon looks to be the same vintage.
I wonder if this was taken at the remote desert airbase that was constructed for developing the aircraft? The site was picked out by Kelly Johnson who spent a few days flying around with test pilots that knew the area and kept mental notes on where they might have to make an emergency landing, should the need arise.
Groom Lake, fake NACA markings during secret development https://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2010/July%202010/0710aquatone.pdf
The Ford is a '57 and the dog dish hubcaps tell us it was likely a guvy. The ranch. My grandad worked on the U2. Still have his Lockheed U2 coffee cup (and little else). My grandmother would watch as the Connie passed overhead in Sylmar and say, there goes grandad.
Used to watch em take off from McCoy AFB in Orlando in the early 60's during the Cuban deal....not much of a ground roll and then the wheels came off of the outer wings....
Those things were LOUD! Lived under the pattern for NASA/AMES in Sunnyvale. When they dirtied it up for final, they had to roll the throttle on a bit, right over the house. Old school engine design, never got updated, apparently. Only thing louder was a B-52, and they were even lower on final (yearly airshow). Talk about an aluminum overcast!
Bono is d**k…. Oops, wrong U2…
ReplyDeleteI was a big fan of that U2 for many years. Saw them in concert five times since 1983. Then they openly supported the pro abolition laws in Ireland a few years ago and broke my heart. Deleted all of my digital versions of their music and have not listened to them since. Haven’t missed it, actually.
DeleteThey've been flying for a long time, and a few still are...
ReplyDeleteStill enjoy watching the Dragon Ladies fly around Beale. Wish the Blackbirds were still flying.
ReplyDeleteMe too. Our ranch is about 6 miles east of Beale. The Pave Paws building is clearly visible from a hill on the west end of the ranch.
DeleteMy home is 15 miles to the east and very often you can hear the incoming S2s burning off fuel in preparation to land.
When the conditions are just right we can hear Reville being played in the morning at the ranch. Kind of neat.
A fake NACA U-2? https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/multimedia/imagegallery/U-2/U-2_proj_desc.html
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If the NACA marking is authentic the photo is from before October 1958, so years before Powers was shot down. The station wagon looks to be the same vintage.
DeleteI wonder if this was taken at the remote desert airbase that was constructed for developing the aircraft? The site was picked out by Kelly Johnson who spent a few days flying around with test pilots that knew the area and kept mental notes on where they might have to make an emergency landing, should the need arise.
ReplyDeletethe station wagon is a 55 Ford
ReplyDelete57'....
DeleteRogers Lake, Muroc?
ReplyDelete56-57 Fairlane Ford
ReplyDeleteTonopah Field? Groom Lake? China Lake? Edwards?
ReplyDeleteNACA! Man, that IS an old photo!
ReplyDeleteNevada, most likely.
ReplyDeleteYou know it today as Area 51.
Groom Lake, fake NACA markings during secret development
ReplyDeletehttps://www.airandspaceforces.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2010/July%202010/0710aquatone.pdf
Great link. Thank you.
DeleteThe Ford is a '57 and the dog dish hubcaps tell us it was likely a guvy. The ranch. My grandad worked on the U2. Still have his Lockheed U2 coffee cup (and little else). My grandmother would watch as the Connie passed overhead in Sylmar and say, there goes grandad.
ReplyDeleteUsed to watch em take off from McCoy AFB in Orlando in the early 60's during the Cuban deal....not much of a ground roll and then the wheels came off of the outer wings....
ReplyDeleteThose things were LOUD! Lived under the pattern for NASA/AMES in Sunnyvale. When they dirtied it up for final, they had to roll the throttle on a bit, right over the house. Old school engine design, never got updated, apparently.
ReplyDeleteOnly thing louder was a B-52, and they were even lower on final (yearly airshow). Talk about an aluminum overcast!