U-2 Camaro Chase Car

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U-2 camaro chase car. Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Chase Vehicle It takes a powerful car to chase down a jet aircraft -- the Z28s 305-horsepower57-liter engine provides everything this crew needs to do their job. Awile back on Team Chevelle there was a post about using 1969 SS396 El Caminos as a some type of chase car for a spy plane not sure if it was a U2 The way I remember the story the pass side door was removed on the El Camino and they had to carry a part of the landing gear for the plane. Courtesy photo by Brain Vance of Motor Trend Magazine A mobile chase car pursues a TU-2S Dragon Lady at Beale Air Force Base Calif Jan.

With the long wingspan producing incredible lift even at low speed and the poor visibility from the pressure suits these pilots need real-time help from a chase car. Thus Ford station wagons with hefty V8 engines were ferried to the legendary Area 51 test site at Groom Lake Nevada by aliens. With the helmet the fact that theyre.

A Camaro used as a U-2 chase car sits on the tarmac near the plane its driver helped guide onto the runway at Al Dhafra Air Base UAE. The electric car was seen accompanying a U-2S taking off at RAF Fairford earlier this month. Air Force had previously used the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 as chase cars for the U-2 spy plane.

AL DHAFRA AB United Arab Emirates A U-2 pilot sits in a white Camaro at the edge of the runway peering into the hazy desert sky. A Chevy Camaro chase case follows a U-2 as it taxis at Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates with its pogo gear in place. An article written by WJ.

More about Camaro chase cars for the U-2 spyplanes. The repurposed spy plane goes so high in fact that pilots must wear pressure suits. Air Forces use Chevrolet Camaro SS chase cars that help land U-2 spy planes.

How the US Air Force Uses 100 MPH Chevy Camaro Chase Cars to Land U-2 Spy Planes. Theres a unique group of Airmen in the US. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Drew Buchanan.