the tartanterror error corrected ....
In your thread #1 you list John W.McArthur as having first flown the U-2A on 3 Jun 1958. Well John W.McArthur is an american test pilot who has never flown the U-2. This probably stems from a mistake made in a book by a Curtis Peebles " Shadow Flights "
The correct U-2 pilot is John A MacArthur AFC RAF who was born 14/2/30, commisioned 11/4/51, promoted to Sqn Ldr 1/7/64 and retired from the RAF GD Branch on 14/2/68 (data from the RAF Retired List 1979). He now lives in Australia.
See the many carefully researched books by Chris Pocock on the Lockheed U-2.
Hope that this helps!