U-2 Camaro Chase Car

U-2 CHASE CAR HISTORY When it comes to chasing top secret planes the United States Air Force has a long history of relying on souped-up muscle cars.

U-2 camaro chase car. Air Forces fleet of cars used to. Air Forces use Chevrolet Camaro SS chase cars that help land U-2 spy planes. Hennigan for the LA Times provides some new interesting details about the US.

Initially the Air Force used T-33 jet trainers to help act as. 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. More about Camaro chase cars for the U-2 spyplanes.

Y ESTERDAY we looked at the role Pontiac G8 GTs are playing for the United States Air Force helping U-2 spy plane missions out of Korea get off and back onto terra. Thats right the mighty U-2 needs to be guided for a successful landing from a fast. Despite Pontiacs demise the USAF is still maintaining the G8s for the time being.

This is the current car used sometimes alongside an older B4C Camaro as the chase car wherever the U-2 aircraft lands. A Chevrolet Camaro SS sits in front of a U-2 Dragon Lady at Beale Air Force Base Calif. The guiding philosophy at the time was that the bigger the engine the faster the car would be.

The first examples were reportedly Ford. Speaking of airports the US. The U-2 chase car in fact must feature a top speed of 140 mph and the Tesla Model S not only can reach 155 mph 250 kmh but also has the quickest acceleration of any production car in the world.

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. Speaking of airports the US. As Popular Mechanics points out in an article from 2012 the Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady relies.