How the U-2 Dragon Lady Saved Us from Nuclear War

from Overcrest · host Kris Clewell / Overcrest

Skunkworks Series Part 5 - Retired Colonel Merryl Tengesdal, a modern U2 pilot calls in to discuss her inspiration to get in the cockpit of one of Skunkworks longest running aviation marvels, the Lockheed Martin "Dragon Lady" U2. The guys also discuss the Cuban Missle Crisis and how the u2 was integral in it. Check out Merryls website here. Support the show on Patreon here!

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