Description
HobbyBoss 87271 1/72 Scale American U-2C Dragon Lady High-altitude Reconnaissance Aircraft Model Kit.
The kit includes:
6 summers with details,
decal,
scheme for painting the model,
step by step instructions.
Length: 210.1 mm, wingspan: 339.6 mm.
U-2 Built by Kelly Johnson and Lockheed Skunk Works in complete secrecy, the original U-2A first flew in August 1955. Early flights over the Soviet Union in the late 1950s provided the president and other US decision makers with key intelligence on the Soviet Union. military potential. In October 1962, a U-2 photographed the build-up of Soviet offensive nuclear missiles in Cuba, starting the Cuban Missile Crisis.
