U-2 Camaro Chase Car

Y ESTERDAY we looked at the role Pontiac G8 GTs are playing for the United States Air Force helping U-2 spy plane missions out of Korea get off and back onto terra.

U-2 camaro chase car. Air Force TU-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft lands while a Chevy Camaro SS chases behind as the mobile chase car at Beale Air Force Base Calif after flying a routine sortie over the local area. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Chase Vehicle It takes a powerful car to chase down a jet aircraft -- the Z28s 305-horsepower57-liter engine provides everything this crew needs to do their job. Courtesy photo by Brain Vance of Motor Trend Magazine A mobile chase car pursues a TU-2S Dragon Lady at Beale Air Force Base Calif Jan.

The first cars the CIA bought for the U-2 program were picked up incognito straight from unwitting dealerships in Nevada. Thus Ford station wagons with hefty V8 engines were ferried to the legendary Area 51 test site at Groom Lake Nevada by aliens. Hennigan for the LA Times provides some new interesting details about the US.

An aircraft now exists that will one day remove the daring pilot and Hollywood style car chases at Beale AFB. Initially the Air Force used T-33 jet trainers to help act as. The second reason for the Camaro chase cars is visibility.

Thats right the mighty U-2 needs to be guided for a successful landing from a fast. Because the U-2 flies at 70000 feet the pilots have to wear what is essentially a space suit. Air Forces use Chevrolet Camaro SS chase cars that help land U-2 spy planes.

This is the current car used sometimes alongside an older B4C Camaro as the chase car wherever the U-2 aircraft lands. Now as reported by Electrek electric cars are not a bad match for the job since the task requires quick acceleration and cars only have to go fast for short periods of time. The electric car was seen accompanying a U-2S taking off at RAF Fairford earlier this month.

Pogo Crews launch recover and. An article written by WJ. The Air Force began using chase cars early on in the U-2 program all the way back to the days of the projects 1950s Groom Lake aka.