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Glorious conditions today, could not pass the opportunity for two of finest from Beale, California.
Dragon 51



Dragon 52

Nice very nice the first shot is my favourite.
Chris

Crisp shots! Odd seeing a U-2S without Super pods, looks almost naked!

Interesting to see '331 back after only a month in the States...

cracking pics.. is that ice on the under side of there wings?

buzzer wrote:Is that ice on the under side of there wings?

Certainly is! It forms at high altitude where the air is at its coldest, and remains on the aircraft on arrival due to the fast decent from high altitude

Lovely shots What lens where you using and so you know how long these guys are around for?

flyingslug_0 wrote:Lovely shots What lens where you using and so you know how long these guys are around for?

I use the Nikon 70-200 F2.8 VRII, not sure how long they are staying. Probably depart sometime over the weekend.
Rich

Both left this morning around 2 am and 4am

Are these an exact mirror post to whats on UKAR?

Great photos! Number 1 is a very interesting one!

Spirit of Kitty Hawk wrote:

buzzer wrote:Is that ice on the under side of there wings?

Certainly is! It forms at high altitude where the air is at its coldest, and remains on the aircraft on arrival due to the fast decent from high altitude

just what i was thinking. prof that these birds cruse at some really high altitude!!

Excellent pictures!!