• Side view of a jet aircraft with long wings. Aircraft is in flight.
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    A Lockheed U-2B is photographed in flight. The U-2 was designed in 1954 by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, who led Lockheed’s Skunk Works design team. Its radical design was based on the fuselage of the F-104 Starfighter, but incorporated a high-aspect-ratio sailplane wing, making it essentially a glider with a jet engine.

  • Side view of a jet aircraft with long wings. Aircraft is in flight.

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