Saturday, 15 November 1997 Uwe Wolfram wrote to Charles Mielke
 UW> As far as I can recall once I've read in a book or in an
 UW> article that at such high altitudes the pilot has to balance the
 UW> U-2 within a very narrow flight regime between stall and loss of
 UW> altitude due to diminishing lift. Thus, I doubt that the U-2 would
 UW> be capable of out-turning a missile.
 I think I read an article -- maybe the same one -- that said the U2's
 maximum altitude is limited by its ability to turn.   It actually has
 to _descend_ before it can turn, because at max alt any attempt to
 turn will put the outside wing into Mach buffet and the inside wing
 into stall buffet.
 _Not_ the best flight regime to avoid incoming missiles!   Mind you,
 at that altitude you do get a little warning that they are coming.
 Greetings from Keith Jillings
.!. Syntax? Why not, they tax everything else
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