Dragon Lady Has Been The Unofficial Name Of The U-2 For Most Of its Long Career. The Aircraft Flies Intelligence Missions Of 8 Hours Or More, At Very High Altitudes, Carrying A Variety Of Sensors For Electronic Surveillence, Photographic And Radar Mapping, And Low Light Level Observation. The Pilots Must Wear Space Suits For These High Flights, Which Inhibits Necessary Vision And Mobility For Precision Landing On Their Return. The Aircraft Drops its Outrigger Pogo Landing Gear On Takeoff, Leaving Only its Bicycle Main Gear On Return. Another U-2 Pilot, Driving A High Powered Air Force Camaro, Accelerates In Behind The U-2 As It Lands And Talks The Airborne U-2 Pilot Down During The Critical Last Few Minutes Of Flight. The Four Man Ground Crew Meets The U-2 As It Stops And Falls Over On One Wingtip. They Chock The Wheels, Level The Wings And Reinstall The Retrived "Pogo" Gear For Taxiing Back To The Ramp. The Artist Has Twice Participated In This Standard U-2 Recovery Process At Osan, Korea, once In 1987, And Again In 2002. The Painting Honors All Involved In Operating This Unsung But Vital Reconnaissance System.