Hobby Master – Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady , ’80-1074’ Reconnaissance Wing USAF , Fairford AB 2014

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-sběratelský model letadla  Lockheed U-2  Dragon Lady      1/72 
-provedení: kovový model s plastovými částmi
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-součástí balení je stojánek

                      Lockheed U-2S Dragon Lady

Lockheed U-2 “Dragon Lady” je americké výzvědné letadlo, které bylo vyvinuto v padesátých letech 20. století v tzv. „Skunk Works“ firmy Lockheed Corporation v kalifornském Palmdale. Jeho hlavní předností je schopnost dlouhodobého letu ve výškách kolem 20 km.

The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed “Dragon Lady“, is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraftoperated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day and night, high-altitude (70,000 feet, 21,300 meters), all-weather intelligence gathering.

Skunk Works is an official pseudonym for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Programs (ADP), formerly called Lockheed Advanced Development Projects. It is responsible for a number of famous aircraft designs, including the U-2, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird , the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk , Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor , and the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, which are used in the air forces of several countries. Its name was taken from the moonshine factory in the comic strip Li’l Abner. The designation “skunk works” or “skunkworks” is widely used in business, engineering, and technical fields to describe a group within an organization given a high degree of autonomy and unhampered by bureaucracy, with the task of working on advanced or secret projects.

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