chevysoldier Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 (edited) James May of Top Gear gets to fly into a U2 spyplane at an altitude of 70,000ft, thats 13.3 miles. Really amazing. The first minute is just them driving to the aircraft.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJxtggLGj4M Edited January 11, 2010 by chevysoldier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hue jass Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Awesome video! Would not catch me up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevysoldier Posted January 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Awesome video! Would not catch me up there. Dude?!?! Why not? I would do it in a heartbeat, that would be sooooooo awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hue jass Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Yea, looks safe enough. He mentioned that at the altitude they were at, 95% of Earth's atmosphere was below them. It's got to have a hell of a wing to work at that height! OK, i'd go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdubyah Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Wow. Cool find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolsdime92 Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 thats was neat. rather relaxing actually. I have never flown, but I believe id probably give that a go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJC1000rr Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I actually went back and watched the full episode on this. It was all pretty good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Relaxing, a tad boring, and utterly beautiful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ault Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Awesome. I wonder if flying in and out of our "Earth bubble" screws things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick37 Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Awesome. I wonder if flying in and out of our "Earth bubble" screws things up.Yea is causes global warming :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSVDon Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Yes yes, Don is being a car whore again. But I think this shit is sooo cool. The U2 needs to be followed by vehicles to talk it down to the runway. They used to use old open header El Caminos and other vehicles. The latest chase cars are Chevy Camaro Z28s and GTOs. This extension to the first video above explains it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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