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somebody knows the route that took Gary Powers (Read 474 times)

Mar 7^th, 2007 at 8:30am

wolf69 Offline
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Hello
Somebody knows the route that took Garry Powers over Russia the day he was hit by the missile Roll Eyes

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Reply #1 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 9:04am

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The U2 pilot in the sixties? Huh

Coincidences of life: I was just reading about how the Valkyrie XB-70 program was canceled because of that. Grin

Can't help you there, and I believe that's still under military secret or something (you know how military types are).

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Reply #2 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 9:10am

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Yes i know how they are Cool

thanks for the quick answer, i just saw a program on TV about that and I thought it was probably a interesting flight Cheesy

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Reply #3 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 9:15am

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Google is your friend... if you're willing to read through this, you should find more info than you need; great article (assuming it's accurate).

http://area51specialprojects.com/u2_mayday.html

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Reply #4 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 9:30am

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Thanks, i find it very interesting.
Now i need a freeware U-2 Grin

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Reply #5 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 2:43pm

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Two possibles...
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military116.htm
http://www.simviation.com/fs2004military34.htm

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Reply #6 - Mar 7^th, 2007 at 11:44pm

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The book "Operation Overflight" is a good read about the U-2 program and Powers' flight.

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Reply #7 - Mar 9^th, 2007 at 1:36am

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The B-70 program was canceled because it overflew Russia?? Shocked

I did not know that! I thought it was dumped because 1) it was costing a fortune and 2) one was lost because it was hit by a chase plane and one or more pilots were killed in the crash.

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