09-20-2016, 18:18
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U-2 spy plane crashes in Northern California
One pilot was killed and another injured when a U-2 spy plane crashed in Northern California shortly after takeoff Tuesday morning, according to a U.S. Air Force official.
Maybe Richard saw something.
http://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me...nap-story.html
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09-20-2016, 18:33
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Rest In Peace to the fallen and prayers out for a speedy recovery to the wounded pilot.
I hate training deaths!
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09-20-2016, 20:33
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Damn, I know a couple of those guys. I'll see what I can find out.
Rest in Peace Dragon Lady Driver! 
ETA: Video: Two chutes high. Still one death reported. Probably training flight.
Pat
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09-21-2016, 00:11
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RIP
Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
— Carl Sandburg, 'Poetry Considered.'
And now 'tis man who dares assault the sky …
And as we come to claim our promised place,
Aim only to repay the good you gave,
And warm with human love the chill of space.
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09-21-2016, 04:30
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RIP Warrior, Vaya con Dios.
My condolences to the family and friends..
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09-21-2016, 22:46
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Quote:
BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --
The deceased pilot involved in a U-2 Dragon Lady crash on Sept. 20th, 2016 has been identified as Lt. Col. Ira S. Eadie.
Eadie was assigned to the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. and was on a training mission with another pilot when the two-seater U-2 crashed.
The other pilot sustained non-life-threatening injuries and is in good condition at a local medical facility.
The incident is currently under investigation. Additional details will be provided as they become available.
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This you have truly done:
"I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark or even eagle flew --
And, while with silent lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."
Rest in Peace, LTC Eadie!
Pat
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"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress." -- Frederick Douglass
"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
"The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it." --H.L. Mencken
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09-22-2016, 15:46
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New U-2 chalk nose art:
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"The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen." -- Dennis Prager
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