Comments by "Be Kind To Birds" (@BeKindToBirds) on "Lockheed U-2 | Why Is It Still Flying u0026 Still Spying 65 Years On?" video.

  1. Many of the very old planes of the US fleet can be summed up with this: The design fills a fundamental requirement, it takes less effort to maintain the old airframe and update it than to completely start from scratch and begin again. If we were to throw them ALL away, A-10, B-52, etc.. and try to build an aircraft that does the same thing they would end up looking almost exactly the same. They would have their systems in almost the exact same places. Eventually time will force them to be replaced but without a large change in technology they really will be nearly identical. Clearly stealth and remote operation or independent operation isn't yet mature enough to dictate the cost. Lots of things evolve into crabs for a reason. It's a good design.
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  2. And a great working bird too. Dragon Lady
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