369.9 in MI

[scanmanmi]

I heard something here but a search only shows results for CA.

 

[nodak1crdet3]

Could have been a U-2. 369.900 is a SUF High Altitude freq for Cleve.C. Might have heard something like. Center this is DRAGON 61 flight level 600 (60000 feet).
Chuck in Detroit / NODAK1

 

[iMONITOR]

Wow, U2's are still flying?

 

[drdispatch]

Wow, U2's are still flying?

Oh yeah. The newest models (TR-1, U-2R, & U-2S) entered service in the 80's and are still going strong. The S-model just got a tech upgrade a few years ago. Also they're not just spy planes; they're used for research as well.

 

[iMONITOR]

Oh yeah. The newest models (TR-1, U-2R, & U-2S) entered service in the 80's and are still going strong. The S-model just got a tech upgrade a few years ago. Also they're not just spy planes; they're used for research as well.

It's impressive how much of our old aircraft are still air-worthy! B52's, A10's...etc. I thought the U2's were totally replace with UAV's.

 

[drdispatch]

There are 3rd-generation B-52 crewmembers out there. And soon there will be a 4th. The Air Force plans on flying the BUFF until 2030 or so.
"Join the Air Force and fly the plane your great-grandfather flew!"

 

[zz0468]

Wow, U2's are still flying?

They fly out of both Palmdale AF Plant 42, and Beale AFB here in California. We hear 'em all the time.

 

[krokus]

NASA had a U-2, for upper atmosphere research. I'm not sure if they still do.