"Boomer" wrote in message ...
the U-2 was little more than an F-104 with high aspect wings to overfly
unfriendly airspace. Not much of a "concept" there, just the only way to
achieve that kind of altitude with the tech of the day. I guess the Germans
invented the F-104 as well. There were "big wing" recon planes in WWII, I
guess they were stolen from Germany too.

Gee, the U-2 bears a rather strong resemblence to the F-104, does it?
Let's look at the DFS 228 captured by the US in 1945 and studied for a
year before being given to the British to evaluate (which led to the
Slingsby T-44 concept):

http://www.luft46.com/prototyp/dfs228.html

Yeah right, the DFS 228 has NOTHING to do with the U-2. Get real.

Rob