Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On this exciting two-part episode of Between Two Wings we talk with Dean Neeley, better known by his fellow pilots as “Gucci”, who flies NASA’s unique high-altitude research jet, the ER-2.
In part two, learn how ER-2 pilots eat, drink, and use ForeFlight while wearing a modified spacesuit, the types of onboard scientific instruments they operate, and the unique challenges faced by ER-2 pilots during takeoff and landing.
Watch part one here: youtu.be/aUQFrOS5Kes
On this exciting two-part episode of Between Two Wings we talk with Dean Neeley, better known by his fellow pilots as “Gucci”, who flies NASA’s unique high-altitude research jet, the ER-2.
In part two, learn how ER-2 pilots eat, drink, and use ForeFlight while wearing a modified spacesuit, the types of onboard scientific instruments they operate, and the unique challenges faced by ER-2 pilots during takeoff and landing.
Watch part one here: youtu.be/aUQFrOS5Kes
