Project Field Goal
In 1961 the U.S. begin a serie of spy flights over Laos. In was the operture of the VietNam war.
The Project Field Goal aircraft was a single RT-33, an improved version of the standard T-33 trainer fitted with cameras and extra fuek.

Here is the T-33 in TakeOff from the Royal Thai Air Force Base at Udorn, Thailand.

Over the mitical Plain des Jars.

They flew misions Hi-Lo-Hi, flying at 20.000 ft and diving over the target to take the pictures at 200 ft. Can see the airbrakes.
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The Project Field Goal aircraft was a single RT-33, an improved version of the standard T-33 trainer fitted with cameras and extra fuek.

Here is the T-33 in TakeOff from the Royal Thai Air Force Base at Udorn, Thailand.

Over the mitical Plain des Jars.

They flew misions Hi-Lo-Hi, flying at 20.000 ft and diving over the target to take the pictures at 200 ft. Can see the airbrakes.
More about at spyflight.co.uk...
Hope you have learned something...


