Lockheed U-2
| Lockheed U-2 | |
|---|---|
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| Peranan | Pesawat pengintip aras tinggi |
| Pengeluar | Lockheed Skunk Works |
| Direka oleh | Clarence "Kelly" Johnson |
| Penerbangan sulung | 1 Ogos 1955 |
| Mula digunakan | 1957 |
| Status | Aktif: 35 |
| Pengguna utama | Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat |
| Jumlah dibina | Kira-kira 86 buah |
Lockheed U-2 (atau nama gelaran Dragon Lady) merupakan sebuah pesawat pengintip aras tinggi, berenjin tunggal yang digunakan oleh Tentera Udara Amerika Syarikat dan pernah diterbangkan juga oleh Agensi Perisikan Pusat (CIA). Pesawat ini boleh melakukan misi pengintipan di aras tinggi (70,000 kaki, lebih 21,000 m) pada waktu siang atau malam, dan dalam semua keadaan cuaca. Pesawat ini juga digunakan untuk penyelidikan dan pembangunan penderia elektronik, mententukur satelit, dan mengesahkan data satelit.
Pengguna
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Spesifikasi (U-2S)
[sunting | sunting sumber]Data dari International Directory,[1] Global Security,[2] USAF Fact Sheet,[3]
- Anak kapal: 1
- Panjang: 63 kaki (19.2 m)
- Rentang sayap: 103 kaki (31.4 m)
- Tinggi: 16 kaki (4.88 m)
- Sayap luas: 1,000 kaki² (92.9 m²)
- Berat kosong: 14,300 lb (6,760 kg)
- Berat berlepas maksimum: 40,000 lb (18,100 kg)
- Loji kuasa: 1× General Electric F118-101 turbojet, 19,000 lbf (84.5 kN)
Prestasi
- Kelajuan maksimum: 434 knot (500 bsj, 805 km/j)
- Kelajuan sederhana: 373 knot (429 bsj, 690 km/j)
- Jarak: 5,566 batu nautika (6,405 batu, 10,300 km)
- Lelangit khidmat 85,000+ kaki (25,900 m)
- Ketahanan penerbangan: 12 jam
Lihat juga
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Senarai berkaitan
Rujukan
[sunting | sunting sumber]Nota
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ Frawley, Gerard. The International Directiory of Military Aircraft, page 107. Aerospace Publications Pty Ltd, 2002. ISBN 1-875671-55-2
- ^ U-2 Specifications, GlobalSecurity.com.
- ^ U-2 Fact Sheet, U.S. Air Force, September 2007.
Bibliografi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ABC News Correspondent Gets Rare Chance to Fly as Civilian in Spy Plane" ABC News
- Hobson, Chris. Vietnam Air Losses, USAF, USN, USMC, Fixed-Wing Aircraft Losses in Southeast Asia 1961 - 1973. North Branch, Minnesota: Specialty Press, 2001. ISBN 1-85780-115-6.
- Miller, Jay. Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works: The Official History... (updated edition). Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 1995. ISBN 1-85780-037-0.
- Pedlow, Gregory W. and Donald E. Welzenbach. The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974. Washington, DC: CIA, 1992.
- Polmar, Norman. Spyplane: The U-2 History Declassified. St Paul, Minnesota: Zenith Imprint, 2001. ISBN 0-7603-0957-4.
- The World's Great Stealth and Reconnaissance Aircraft. New York: Smithmark, 1991. ISBN 0-8317-9558-1.
Pautan luar
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Wikimedia Commons mempunyai media berkaitan: Lockheed U-2. |
- U-2S/TU-2S USAF Fact sheet
- U-2 page on GlobalSecurity.org
- U-2 page on WorldsAirSpace.com Diarkibkan 2008-10-24 di Wayback Machine
- First-hand experience of launching the U2
- Black Cat Squadron
- Pentagon To Retire U2 Spy Plane (UPI) 5 January 2006 Diarkibkan 2006-03-22 di archive.today
- Documents and Photographs regarding the U-2 Spy Plane Incident of 1960, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library Diarkibkan 2007-04-11 di Wayback Machine
- A Wild Ride from the Edge of Space (Southwest Texas LIVE!) 17 October 2006
- The Sky Still Burns in Your Memory (Southwest Texas LIVE!) 17 October 2006
- Taiwan Filmmakers creating film about Taiwan's U-2 Blackcat Squadron (Southwest Texas LIVE!) 17 December 2006
- Aviators of Laughlin AFB, Texas (Southwest Texas LIVE!) 26 April 2007
- U2 plane used in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Diarkibkan 2009-05-10 di Wayback Machine