Dragon Lady History

One of the Greek pilots who were recruited by the CIA in 1955 to fly the U-2, has gone public for the first time.

Never before seen – twenty-one U-2s all in a row.

I have written a biography of Bob Ericson, a most notable U-2 pilot who amassed 4,306 hours on the type during his 30 years flying for the CIA followed by NASA.

In a little-known development in the mid-1950s, the UK produced its own high-altitude spyplane with assistance from the US.

Veteran U-2 and SR-71 pilot Maj Gen Pat Halloran has died at the age of 95.

In May 2020, I posted here some new information from Russian sources on the MayDay incident in 1960.

How did I get so interested in the U-2 Dragon Lady?

Jim Long, Chairman of the Board of the Laughlin Heritage Foundation (LHF) has died, age 82.

The U-2 at Duxford today The U-2 on display in the American Air Museum, part of the Imperial War Museum at Duxford in the UK, has a remarkable history.

This is the third time that I have tackled the story of the RAF pilots who flew the U-2 from 1958 to 1960.