U2 @ Akrotiri
Not sure who we were trying to kid with these implausible misdirections but high-alt recce was a serious thing for the RAF for many years, so the participation would have been of no surprise to anyone, even back then.
"based at Watton (I think) for weather research"
Ah yes... weather research.....................
Ah yes... weather research.....................
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Yes and no, some U2s were modified with scoops and particulate filters to monitor the fall out from Russian nuclear tests at Nova Zemlya - they flew out off the UK and took samples over the Barents sea outside Russian airspace.
To keep it pertinent to the thread, they also did it with flights out of Australia - "Operation Crowflight"
https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet...on-crowflight/
To keep it pertinent to the thread, they also did it with flights out of Australia - "Operation Crowflight"
https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet...on-crowflight/
Last edited by ORAC; 19th Jun 2022 at 19:46.
Yes and no, some U2s were modified with scoops and particulate filters to monitor the fall out from Russian nuclear tests at Nova Zemlya - they flew out off the UK and took samples over the Barents sea outside Russian airspace.
To keep it pertinent to the thread, they also did it with flights out of Australia - "Operation Crowflight"
https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet...on-crowflight/
To keep it pertinent to the thread, they also did it with flights out of Australia - "Operation Crowflight"
https://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet...on-crowflight/
56-6718: "City of Sale" (the "City of Sails" is further east and colder)