I did a quick search on "Ellie Carter U2" to see what type of publicity this visit received, it seems this went quite a bit further than the air force newspaper article.
Ellie Carter: How a spyplane-obsessed schoolgirl melted an air crew's heart | Mail Online
I see in the article that she got to go in the chase car when the U2 landed,
I bet that is something SAMXXV hasn't even done !!! LOL