U-2 Pilot Wearing High Altitude Pressure Suit Made Approaches with McLaren Chase Car. While appearances of the Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft have become more common at western U.S ...
Engineer and test pilot Miguel Iturmendi cleared a major hurdle in his effort to pilot his electric aircraft, Helios Horizon, into the stratosphere when the partial pressure suit that he will wear on ...
The infamous U-2 spy plane has been a part of our collective psyche since May 1, 1960, when the Soviet Union shot one down while flying a reconnaissance mission over its airspace. This event, which ...
GRAND FORKS — A pilot who just set a high-altitude record in June of 2023 is getting ready to do it again. On Wednesday, Nov. 8, he ran a test of a pressurized flight suit at University of North ...