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Re: B52 star tracker
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Apr 30, 06:08 -0700
From: David Pike
Date: 2026 Apr 30, 06:08 -0700
Seek and ye shall find. Probably far too many references. The first is the best. Then you could just jump in and start shooting astro or even fly an early U2.
https://dn790007.ca.archive.org/0/items/U-2UtilityHandbook/CIA%20U-2%20Utility%20Handbook%20.pdf In short, pages 192-197.
https://www.blackbirds.net/u2/chapmans_driftsite.html
https://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_a3/publication/afman11-2u-2v3/afman11-2u-2v3.pdf
https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/unlimited-horizons.pdf
With reference to my previous post, would anyone like to suggest where the aircraft was over a long, particularly bendy, and difficult to follow on Google Maps USA river. Also, is the picture north or heading orientated?
DaveP
