Description: US Air Force pilots are used to steering some of the fastest vehicles on earth or above it. But while the vast majority of the machines we're talking about are aircraft, the Air Force also has a ...Add Comments1
John AtnipNov 13, 2012 It's a cool story to a very obscure job. I always wondered what they used in the past as the chasers
Description: As our friends over at Jalopnik recount, the chase cars are used to help the U-2 spy plane take off and land. The U-2 was designed during the Cold War to fly higher and farther than anything this side...Add Comments0
Description: Keeping the lightweight plane with its 150-foot wingspan level on those little wheels has proven quite the challenge for the 850 pilots who have been trained to fly the U-2 over its past half century ...Add Comments1
Description: The car carries another trained U-2 pilot who guides the aviator in the plane's cockpit when taking off (with "pogo" landing gear attached to the wings), but the trickiest part is the l...Add Comments0
Description: The landing maneuver is so difficult that the spotters in the chase cars are required to give the pilot directions. And as you might expect, the cars need to be fast. The first chase cars were V8-powe...Add Comments1
It's a cool story to a very obscure job. I always wondered what they used in the past as the chasers