Amazing U2 dead stick landing

In the late 1950s, the United States decided to train Taiwanese pilots to fly the U2 spy plane.  At the time, the U2 was a single seat, so every training flight was a solo flight.  In 1959, one of the Chinese pilots was on a navigation training flight when the engine flamed out (later determined to be a leaking fuel line) over Utah.  He glided to a safe landing at Cortez, NM at night.  Anyone who has flown in the Rocky Mountains will appreciate how fortunate this pilot was.  The city of Cortezhad a 50th anniversary celebration of this event last October.

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