The U-2 Spy Balloon Selfie and the Grand History of Pilot Self-Portraits
On February 2, as China’s high altitude balloon drifted over the continental United States, the Air Force sent two U-2 spy planes to scope it out. The planes, Cold War relics still flying fine this far into the 21st century, can operate above 70,000 feet, making them the only crewed plane that could descend to view…