:idea: An Air Force vet told me that muscle cars were used in the Air Force to facilitate the landing of 2 of the most mythic aircraft of the US inventory: the U2 and the SR71!
Basically, his recollections (stories :?: ) are as follow:
The U2 has an extra little wheel at the end of each of its long wings to support them at take off. The wheels are discarded once the airplane is in the air! Upon landing, 2 teams of catchers riding Ranchero type muscle pickup cars ride on the side of the airplane and guys standing in the bed of the trucks catch the tip of the wings to support them!!!
He told me he did it once at Mc Beale...
The SR71 is a tall plane and the pilot does not really see where he is going after landing. A muscle car equiped with radio supposedly wait for the plane to touch the ground and rush behind it on the runway, guiding it with the radio, back to the terminal.
Myth or reality? :?:
But what a job it could be! :lol:
I looked it up but could not find anything...any help available?
Basically, his recollections (stories :?: ) are as follow:
The U2 has an extra little wheel at the end of each of its long wings to support them at take off. The wheels are discarded once the airplane is in the air! Upon landing, 2 teams of catchers riding Ranchero type muscle pickup cars ride on the side of the airplane and guys standing in the bed of the trucks catch the tip of the wings to support them!!!
He told me he did it once at Mc Beale...
The SR71 is a tall plane and the pilot does not really see where he is going after landing. A muscle car equiped with radio supposedly wait for the plane to touch the ground and rush behind it on the runway, guiding it with the radio, back to the terminal.
Myth or reality? :?:
But what a job it could be! :lol:
I looked it up but could not find anything...any help available?