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Chapter 2
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U-2 at testing site before attachment of wings and tail assembly
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that they could be recovered and reused. The aircraft landed on its front and back landing gear and then gradually tilted over onto one of the wingtips, which were equipped with landing skids.¹³
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAMERA SYSTEM
By December 1954, Kelly Johnson was at work on drawings for the U-2’s airframe and Pratt & Whitney was already building the J57 jet
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¹³ For the design features of the U-2 in early 1955, see R. F. Boehme, *Summary Report: Reconnaissance Aircraft*, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Report 10420, 28 January 1955, pp. 7-9, OSA Records, job 74-B-645, box 1 (S).
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Approved for Release: 2013/06/25