The U2 flight by James May - in case you've missed/lost it

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This can be watched over and over again, it’s so good…

wilf_san

ps now placed in The Mess, instead of Introductions… :oops:

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That’s a brilliant video, Wilf.

Do you know what programme it’s from?

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See http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May_at_the_Edge_of_Space

Part of the same series commemorating Apollo as ‘James May on the Moon’. He has an endearing natural style (as do all the Top Gear team). I might have had a similar initial phobia about the suit helmets, as he so honestly displays.

(incidently- note that USAF-issue pressure suits are yellow, NASA ones are orange…I always thought Gary Powers was captured in a white space suit, so perhaps CIA ones are that colour?)

wilf_san