U-2 Spy Plane Chase Car -- Chevrolet Camaro SS

[Engineman1960]

I read an article about the chase car the USAF uses for the U-2 takeoff and landings.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/ent...e-car/ar-BB13u0Gh?li=BBnb4R5#image=BB13uanr|1

It also mentioned an anniversary: 60 years ago; Friday; Francis Gay Powers was shot down over Soviet air space.

I saw this at the Satregic Air Command Museum in Ashland, Nebraska -- about half way between Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska

https://sacmuseum.org/what-to-see/aircraft/u-2c-dragon-lady/

Excellent museum -- off the beaten path

https://sacmuseum.org/visit/visitor-information/

 

[Fyrtwuck]

I spent a short time in England at RAF Mildenhall in the eighties. They had both the U-2 and SR-71 there at the time. It was the first time I’d seen either in person much less a Camaro chasing a plane down a runway.