U-2 - Long-sleeve T-shirt Size:2XL Operating out of improvised bases

Operating out of improvised bases this sub-sonic aircraft was used in the close support and reconnaissance role

Aircrews who blast around the loop have another unrepeatable name for this low flying area

Vickers VC-10 C

The Lightning entered service in 1959 and retired from the RAF in 1988 having served as an interceptor

Great success was achieved during the build-up to D-Day with the attack on Bridges and V1 launching sites

U-2 - Long-sleeve T-shirt Size:2XL Operating out of improvised basesLockheed U 2 'Dragon Lady' World War II taught the US military the value of strategic aerial reconnaissance. The Air Force commissioned the Beacon Hill Report that suggested an aircraft was needed that would carry advanced optics and operate at an altitude of over 70,000ft. Clarence Kelly Johnson from Lockheed designed a jet powered glider, the CL282. At this time the design was recommended to the CIA, so in 1955 the aircraft was re designated the U 2