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From: John Dallman on 19 Feb 2007 14:48 In article <871wkmzjgq.fsf(a)k9.prep.synonet.com>, prep(a)prep.synonet.com (Paul Repacholi) wrote: > Thanks for that titbit. Do you have any idea where the name `Dragon > Lady' for the U-2 came from? Sorry, no idea. These guys should know, though: http://www.u2dla.org/ If you find out, stick in Wikipedia? -- John Dallman, jgd(a)cix.co.uk, HTML mail is treated as probable spam.
From: Greg Lindahl on 19 Feb 2007 15:15 In article <memo.20070219194844.2252B(a)jgd.compulink.co.uk>, John Dallman <jgd(a)cix.co.uk> wrote: >In article <871wkmzjgq.fsf(a)k9.prep.synonet.com>, prep(a)prep.synonet.com >(Paul Repacholi) wrote: > >> Thanks for that titbit. Do you have any idea where the name `Dragon >> Lady' for the U-2 came from? > >Sorry, no idea. These guys should know, though: http://www.u2dla.org/ If >you find out, stick in Wikipedia? It's going to look awfully out of place in the PDP-3 article. Or are you better at changing the subject in Wikipedia than you are on Usenet? -- greg
From: Stephen Fuld on 19 Feb 2007 19:42 Paul Repacholi wrote: snip > Thanks for that titbit. Do you have any idea where the name `Dragon Lady' > for the U-2 came from? I can't cite a source, but I remember from some TV show I watched on it, the name came from its flying characteristics. Since it had very long and very thin wings it apparently is a somewhat of a devil to fly. It can be going great then suddenly turn on you can cause you harm - hence the name. A lady that can turn into a dragon. -- - Stephen Fuld (e-mail address disguised to prevent spam)
From: Paul Repacholi on 20 Feb 2007 07:14
Stephen Fuld <S.Fuld(a)PleaseRemove.att.net> writes: > Paul Repacholi wrote: > snip >> Thanks for that titbit. Do you have any idea where the name `Dragon >> Lady' for the U-2 came from? > I can't cite a source, but I remember from some TV show I watched on > it, the name came from its flying characteristics. Since it had > very long and very thin wings it apparently is a somewhat of a devil > to fly. It can be going great then suddenly turn on you can cause > you harm - hence the name. A lady that can turn into a dragon. A net aquaintance has the ex OC of the Beale 9SRW next door, so I got him to ask. The reply was that the name came from a UK journo, he did not know why he picked that, and it took off despite efforts of the USAF to squash it. |