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Nasa U2/WB57 At SAN?

StarshipSAN From United States of America, joined Dec 2011, 4 posts, RR: 0
Posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2453 times:

I flew into SAN this afternoon and as we were landing I could've sworn I saw a white and blue plane that looked a lot like a U2 or WB57 parked on/near the cargo ramp. Can anyone else confirm/negate this? If it's really there, why would it be at SAN and not a nearby military air field like North Island or Miramar?

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HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2069 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2448 times:

My first thought is that the difference between the U-2/TR-1/ER-2 and a WB-57 should be painfully obvious... the U-2 and its family has nothing engine related under its wing, just F-104 style intakes on either side of the fuselage and perhaps fuel tanks under the wing.. whereas the WB-57 has huge engines on slender wings.

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StarshipSAN From United States of America, joined Dec 2011, 4 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2442 times:

It was an edge on view, so the engines of the WB57 wouldn't have been as prominent. That being said, my first thought was definitely that it was a U2, but it was quick and I started second guessing myself. I didn't get a good enough look to say for certain whether the engines were or weren't on the wings.

HaveBlue From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2069 posts, RR: 1
Reply 3, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 17 hours ago) and read 2434 times:

At the risk of being redundant.. if you didn't notice engines on the wing, it was likely a U-2. It would be almost impossible imo to see an RB-57/WB-57 variant without noticing the enormous (relatively) engines.

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BMI727 From United States of America, joined Feb 2009, 14315 posts, RR: 26
Reply 4, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2405 times:

Quoting HaveBlue (Reply 1):
the U-2 and its family has nothing engine related under its wing, just F-104 style intakes on either side of the fuselage and perhaps fuel tanks under the wing..

Some of the U-2s have the "superpod" which I believe some of the NASA planes possess as well, which from a distance may appear similar to the wing mounted engines of the WB-57.

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JakeOrion From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 1247 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (1 year 1 month 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 2201 times:

The bigger question is why would this type of aircraft be at SAN? You would think Miramar or even North Island would be better to accommodate it.

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