Matt Rules Posted on December 13, 2004 by grahams got me an awesome souvenir from his last trip to Palmdale (since Goodrich doesn’t seem interested in sending me to flight test…):
Nothing like throwing the latest sensors on a 50 year old airframe. Take care of a good aircraft and it will last a lifetime. Reply
Absolutely…. And my company (at least, this division, which has changed hands more than a orphan) has been on the U-2 this whole time… It’s a wonderful platform. Reply
Yar Boeing Still uses Airframe 1 for the 747’s to test various add-ons and a lot of safety tests (icing etc.) Reply
Nothing like throwing the latest sensors on a 50 year old airframe. Take care of a good aircraft and it will last a lifetime.
Absolutely…. And my company (at least, this division, which has changed hands more than a orphan) has been on the U-2 this whole time… It’s a wonderful platform.
Yar
Boeing Still uses Airframe 1 for the 747’s to test various add-ons and a lot of safety tests (icing etc.)
Re: Yar
The 747 is but a younger cousin to the U-2… :P
Heh, that rules.
my scanner still works! :)