U-2 Camaro Chase Car

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U-2 camaro chase car. More about Camaro chase cars for the U-2 spyplanes. 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. 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.

Sorties consist of flying patterns and running through touch and go exercises. This is the current car used sometimes alongside an older B4C Camaro as the chase car wherever the U-2 aircraft lands. This aircraft was even.

Air Force TU-2S Dragon Lady high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft lands while a Chevy Camaro SS chases behind as the mobile chase car at Beale Air Force Base Calif after flying a routine sortie over the local area. Thats right the mighty U-2 needs to be guided for a successful landing from a fast. An article written by WJ.

The Air Forces muscle car chase cars are all kinds of badass serving as wingmen for frail spy Read more. Air Force had previously used the Chevrolet Camaro Z28 as chase cars for the U-2 spy plane. 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.

Air Forces use Chevrolet Camaro SS chase cars that help land U-2 spy planes. The Air Force began using chase cars early on in the U-2 program all the way back to the days of the projects 1950s Groom Lake aka. 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.

The electric car was seen accompanying a U-2S taking off at RAF Fairford earlier this month. Despite Pontiacs demise the USAF is still maintaining the G8s for the time being. In addition to the Pontiac GTO the last generation that was actually a disguised Holden Commodore the Air Force has used the Ford Mustang Chevrolet Camaro and the Pontiac G8 as U-2 chase cars.