No , that ’s not a scene fromThe Right Stuff . It ’s 14 pilots of the ultra - high - altitudeLockheed U-2 in full imperativeness suits stupefy like action submarine sandwich in front of their beautiful plane . feed it , Ed Harris .
Here ’s an explanation of what ’s blend on from the Air Force :
I wanted to send you a photo you might want to share with your reviewer . I know you ’ve contacted us about U-2 story in the past times . attach and linked is a picture we just shot of a geological formation of U-2 pilots in full pressure suits ( NASA adopted the U-2 full pressure cause for the bird programme ) in front of a Dragon Lady on the Beale AFB , Calif flightline .
As you know , U-2 pilots are now the highest flying humans in the world ( 70,000 + pes ) with the exception of the individuals in the ISS now that the NASA bird program has terminate .
Pictured are 14 of a total of about 80 pilots currently qualified on the U-2 . Less people have fly the U-2 than there are multitude with Super Bowl annulus .
So yeah , that is pretty thoroughly unbelievable .
Update : Here ’s a link todownload the full 19 MB original file .
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