On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:21:33 GMT, "James Oberg"
wrote:
Dick Underwood: "There was a U-2 at Groom Lake in the fifties with a tail
number
NACA-303. I dont know what type of airceaft NACA-301 or 302 were."
According to the web pages listed at bottom, NASA obtained its first
U-2's in 1966 or 1971:
From the website -
www.blackbirds.net
"-5 Mar 1966
U-2A #6681 delivered to NASA (now on display at Ames Research Center,
Moffett NAS, CA"
"-29 Mar 1966
U-2A #6682 delivered to NASA (now on display at Robbins AFB, GA"
"-2 Apr 1971
NASA gets approval for the use of U-2 for research"
"-3-4 Jun 1971
NASA receives their first & second U-2s #6681(N708NA) & #6682(N709NA),
they were 2 of the 3 U-2s used for CIA carrier trails"
"-11 May 1981
First flight of TR-1A #1063(N706NA); Lockheed Test Pilot: Art Peterson
(delivered to NASA as ER-2)"
"-10 Jun 1981
ER-2 N706NA(TR-1A #1063) delivered to NASA, Ames Research Center,
Moffet NAS, CA; NASA Pilot: Marty Knutson"
"-10 Jun 1981
ER-2 N706NA(TR-1A #1063) delivered to NASA, Ames Research Center,
Moffet NAS, CA; NASA Pilot: Marty Knutson"
"-Jun 1987
NASA retires last of U-2Cs N708NA(#6681)(now on display at Ames
Research Center, Moffet NAS, CA)"
"-Dec 1988
NASA ER-2 deployed to Stavanger, Norway to look for holes in Ozone
layer over North Pole"
"-17/18 Apr 1989
NASA Pilots: Jerry Hoyt & Ron Williams set "Time to Climb" records for
class in U-2C #6682(NASA: N709NA)"
"-26 Apr 1989
U-2C #6682 flown to Robbins AFB, GA to be put on display by NASA
pilot: Doyle Krumrey"
"-May 1996
NASA ER-2 #706 is to be rengined to "S" configuration, the project
should take 6 months (NO)"
"-8 Nov 1996
NASA ER-2 #706 was returned to Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
after being converted to "S" spec. at the Skunk Works, Palmdale, Ca
(LS)"
http://www.blackbirds.net/u2/u2tl60.html
http://www.blackbirds.net/u2/u2tl70.html
http://www.blackbirds.net/u2/u2tl80.html
http://www.blackbirds.net/u2/u2tl90.html
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Rusty Barton - Antelope, California |"Every so often, I like to
| stick my head out the window,
| look up, and smile for the
| satellite picture."-Steven Wright