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Bridge of Spies: An Opportunity to Bust Myths about the U-2 and the Capture of Gary Powers

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Tue, 27 Oct 2015 15:01:55 +0000
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Aviation
francis gary powers
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military
Reconnaissance
u-2
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<p>I recently attended a screening of Bridge of Spies, a new movie directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. Purportedly, Bridge of Spies was inspired by events surrounding the 1962 exchange of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers and graduate student Frederick Pryor for Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The movie event was sponsored by Virginia’s&#160; &#160;<a href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/busting-u2-myths/">...Continue Reading</a></p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/busting-u2-myths/">Bridge of Spies: An Opportunity to Bust Myths about the U-2 and the Capture of Gary Powers</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.nasm.si.edu">AirSpace</a>.</p>
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