Reconnaissance will outlive the U-2, but there will always be a divot in the hearts of those who have seen the curvature of the earth, the stars seemingly close enough to touch, and known the satisfaction of having completed a mission with the Dragon Lady.
Former U-2 pilot and military correspondent
Cholene Espinoza writes a lovely adieu to these beautiful,
difficult-to-fly aircraft, as well as a requiem for the era of human pilots for surveillance, giving way now to
UAVs and other remote-control drones. The U-2 is, amazingly, still in service, but apparently soon to be grounded --
or not -- half-a-century after
Francis Gary Powers' little Cold War
incident. [
Previously]
posted by chavenet
on May 12, 2010 -
36 comments
It's 25 Years Ago Today Since Maria Callas Died. There's a badly designed but well-intentioned and informative Italian website to commemorate the anniversary and there's the film
Callas Forever, directed by one of her best friends (and the director of many of her most memorable operas,
Franco Zefirelli. It
premiered today. Mozart's
Requiem was also played at the concert held in her honour
tonight in Athens. I can't help thinking, though, that the Web is sorely lacking in resources about one of the greatest, most goosebump-provoking singers who ever lived. In fact, classical singers and classical music in general seem very (
increasingly) badly served. Even the glorious
Andante magazine, which I
recently linked to, looks like it's disappeared...
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Sep 16, 2002 -
21 comments
The Shot Chord Heard Round the World! On the morning of
Nine Eleven 2002 at 8:46am, over 160 choirs across the world will sing
Mozart's "Requiem" to metaphorically stand in for the thousands of voices silenced a year ago. Among all the ideas I've heard to commemorate this occasion, this one seems the most dignified, and least cringeworthy. They mentioned it on
NPR's Morning Edition (caution: Real Audio file).
posted by ZachsMind
on Sep 10, 2002 -
33 comments
