U-2 Camaro Chase Car

An article written by WJ.

U-2 camaro chase car. A jet appears in the distance and as it nears the cars driver hits the gas testing the sports car. Air Forces fleet of cars used to. View from reconnaissance aircraft U-2 Dragon Ladys chase carsFord Mustang Chevrolet CamaroAs an instrument of safety pilots use the U-2 chase car to mon.

Somewhere along the line they switched to the Camaro then the Mustang and recently switched back to the Camaro. Thats right the mighty U-2 needs to be guided for a successful landing from a fast car because its highly-specialized build is more suited to high-altitude flying than landing easily. Chase cars are used to help the Dragon Lady land safely.

Photo by Jennifer Hlad. Watch A U2 Spy Plane Touch-And-Go From A Camaro Chase Car. How the US Air Force Uses 100 MPH Chevy Camaro Chase Cars to Land U-2 Spy Planes.

The U-2 needed a chase car. As Popular Mechanics points out in an article from 2012 the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady relies. Because the U-2 flies at 70000 feet the pilots have to wear what is essentially a space suit.

The guiding philosophy at the time was that the bigger the engine the faster the car would be. The flying branch has now switched to the Tesla Model S for the task. Theres a unique group of Airmen in the US.

Despite Pontiacs demise the USAF is still maintaining the G8s for the time being. The second reason for the Camaro chase cars is visibility. Awile back on Team Chevelle there was a post about using 1969 SS396 El Caminos as a some type of chase car for a spy plane not sure if it was a U2 The way I remember the story the pass side door was removed on the El Camino and they had to carry a part of the landing gear for the plane.