Difficult to get it back on the ground without killing yourself too - to the point that the backup pilot drives behind at ~140mph, calling out helpful information [1].
Saw a U-2 at an airshow and somehow I expected more. It had really badly damaged paint and just looked like some neglected museum exhibit that had been left outside too long.
I saw a U-2 at an airshow (California Capitol Airshow at Mather) and it also looked beat up. I asked about it and they said that it's a working airplane, not some show piece. Basically it just had a lot of hours on it since it was last repainted.
The U2 I saw at Mather was based a Beale (as were the Air Force folks exhibiting it). They said the U2s get rotated in and out of service/training and that this unit had been all over the world.
I've seen a U-2 up-close in-person (it was actually one of NASA's versions). It looked pretty decent. It's pretty basic and bare-bones though: every pound saved off of it equals one foot higher that it can climb.
Saw a U-2 at an airshow and somehow I expected more. It had really badly damaged paint and just looked like some neglected museum exhibit that had been left outside too long.
1: https://jalopnik.com/the-140-mph-chase-cars-of-the-u-s-air-f...