U-2 Plane Lands During Air Show After Real-World Mission

What an Amazing Piece of Engineering

This footage features a U-2 Spy plane landing during RIAT 2024 after a real-world 9-hour mission somewhere over Europe. If you came here for a show, then this is it. The best motor glider ever, and one of the most beautiful, elegant planes ever made. The The Lockheed U-2 reconnaissance plane got its nickname “Dragon Lady” after a 1930s comic strop character. Meanwhile, it was the CIA who gave the U2 its codename.

Although this hasn’t been used on missions in a long time, this iconic, gorgeous aircraft shouts “freedom” for us all!