
Spyplane
The U-2 History
Edición de la obra Spyplane
| Autor | Norman Polmar |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Zenith Press |
| Fecha de publicación | April 14, 2001 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 256 |
| Formato | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9780760309575 |
| ISBN-10 | 0760309574 |
| OCLC | 45805018 |
| LCCN | 2001018702 |
| Número de Cutter | P777s |
This book discusses the requirement for and the design, development, and operation of the U-2, from 1954 when the design began, to the current overflights of the Balkans and Iraq. It includes extensive discussions of U-2 overflights of hostile countries (USSR, China, North Korea, North Vietnam), the Francis Gary Powers incident, and NASA's use of the U-2. It contains material from declassfied CIA documents. The inner workings and heavily censored history of Lockheed's dynamic U-2 spyplane are revealed in this informative design, development and operational history from 1954.