FULLY ASSEMBLED — The Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady is on display in Heritage Park at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History in Albuquerque after days of rebuilding by Worldwide Aircraft Recovery, a team based in Bellevue, Nebraska, that provides such services as plane disassembly and reassembly. The Dragon Lady is a single-engine, single-seat aircraft that has been used for intelligence-gathering from altitudes above 70,000 feet since the 1950s. (Photo by Lyndsee Cantly, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History)
A LONG JOURNEY — A semitruck carries the fuselage of the U-2 plane into Heritage Park at the National Museum of Nuclear Science & History on May 22, after a lengthy trip from Beale Air Force Base in Yuba County, California. (Photo by Lyndsee Cantly, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History)
EASY, EASY — An aircraft engineer from Worldwide Aircraft Recovery monitors as the U-2 plane is lifted into the air via crane during the May 22 unloading in Albuquerque. (Photo by Lyndsee Cantly, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History)
ASSEMBLY REQUIRED — A member of the Worldwide Aircraft Recovery team holds up the wing of the U-2 Dragon Lady as it’s attached to the fuselage during assembly of the plane in Albuquerque on May 22. (Photo by Lyndsee Cantly, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History)
