That would have been the famous Hycon B. I suspected that but didn't know til now. As far as I know it was made specially for the U-2 and no other plane.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fox, Bruce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 2:20 PM Subject: RE: [Cameramakers] military aerial surveillance camera > Hi Folks, > From the book "Lockeed's Skunk Works, the First Fifty Years", > the workhorse camera for the U-2 at that time was the "B" > camera. It had a 36" folded-optics lens and was the highest > resolution device in the world at the time. It looks to > me from the illustration to be one that used the 14" wide > film. > These were very special beasties and have been superceded > by even more specialize devices, as we now have a larger > U-2 in operation. > Regards, > Fox sends. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 1:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Cameramakers] military aerial surveillance camera > > > Does anyone know what plane detected the Bay of Pigs missiles? ...U-2 maybe? > > If so, any idea what camera was in it? KS-87? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > _______________________________________________ > Cameramakers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers > _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
