U-2 Camaro Chase Car

Now as reported by Electrek electric cars are not a bad match for the job since the task requires quick acceleration and cars only have to go fast for short periods of time.

U-2 camaro chase car. Air Forces use Chevrolet Camaro SS chase cars that help land U-2 spy planes. The second reason for the Camaro chase cars is visibility. Mobile chase cars accelerate to speeds more than.

Initially the Air Force used T-33 jet trainers to help act as. The U-2 needed a chase car. 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.

Hennigan for the LA Times provides some new interesting. Air Forces fleet of cars used to. This thread is archived.

With the helmet the fact that theyre. November 23 2012 Military Aviation. The chase car for the U-2 was originally the El Camino.

The U-2 features a dramatic wingspan to produce lift at the extremely high altitudes it flies. The first examples were reportedly Ford. 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.

The repurposed spy plane goes so high in fact that pilots must wear pressure suits. The guiding philosophy at the time was that the bigger the engine the faster the car would be. A jet appears in the distance and as it nears the cars driver hits the gas testing the sports car.