Dave's High Flight Preparations

All this week on "The Early Show", weather anchor and features reporter Dave Price is training in the "Edge of the Earth" series to go up in a U-2 spy plane for what is called "a high flight." Dave will come as close to space as humanly possible without actually entering it.

"It's going to be an remarkable journey," Dave said Tuesday. "I can't tell you how excited I am. This is like a childhood dream, and for a pilot it doesn't get better."

The U-2 spy plane, also known as the "Dragon Lady," is a unique plane because no other plane flies higher.

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