If you are referring to the U2 pilot that was shot down over the USSR in 1960, that would have been Frances Gary Powers.
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∙ 13y agoThe band you are referring to is U2.
They land by using regular plane controlles but two super charged fast trucks have to chase after the U2 spy plane because they need to put the landing gears on it to touch the ground and land safley cause without the gears the U2 spy plane has 2 gears on the front and back and if it touches down it will tilt and the wing will scrap against the tarmac.
The plane was shot down by a missile on 1st may 1960,over the USSR.
It was a US spy plane to keep surveillance during the Cold War.
U2 didn't name themselves after anything. in Bono's words, it was the best they could come up with. some people say that they were though, because there was a subway station in germany, a spy plane, and a submarine named u2 as well.
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U2 spy plane and/or SR-71
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Gary Powers
U2 was named after the U-2 spy plane.
The U-2 plane flew from the United States of America to spy on the Soviets activity.
U2 could mean the flashlight battery or the spy-plane.
The band you are referring to is U2.
The U2 spy plane with Gary Powers at the controls
They land by using regular plane controlles but two super charged fast trucks have to chase after the U2 spy plane because they need to put the landing gears on it to touch the ground and land safley cause without the gears the U2 spy plane has 2 gears on the front and back and if it touches down it will tilt and the wing will scrap against the tarmac.
The plane was shot down by a missile on 1st may 1960,over the USSR.