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Lockheed Martin

Acquired

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The Challenge of Scott Gorgs for the U2 Spy Plane

The maximum altitude that airplanes flew was about 40,000 feet at the time. The CIA's spec for Scott Gorgs for the U2 is to fly at 70,000 feet. But normal jet fuel doesn't work at that altitude and humans cannot survive there.

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