Acceleration required

[crustychief]

Chase car for U-2 landing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih57FiOeZXU

[herr_oberst]

I thought the U2 was still classified. Those are great pictures!!!

[Captain Ahab Jr]

ok dumb question how does the plane not fall over with only the central landing gear

[ckelly78z]

It almost looks like he shut the jet engine off before he landed, otherwise the chase car would have been in the wash and hard to handle.

[crustychief]

Originally Posted by Captain Ahab Jr

ok dumb question how does the plane not fall over with only the central landing gear

They have beefy wingtip skids for landing. Under the wings there are attatcment points for "pogos" a short shaft with a wheel at the end. these fall off during takeoff. they re-attach them after landing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BMc8oCEXko