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Title: U-2 pilots tell of major perils--sloppy landings, jet flameouts
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1963
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph caption dated February 2, 1963 reads, "Capt. Budd F. Knapp And The U-2 He Pilots - 'Landing a glider is 100 times easier.'"
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00107952
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d007_f5_i14
CARL0005208736
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/45288
Subject: United States.--Air Force
Air pilots, Military--United States
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Air bases--United States
Airplanes
Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs

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