What Really Happened when Gary Powers was Shot Down
Channel: The Vintage Space
Date: 2020-12-16

The corresponding blog post is live over on Medium: https://amyshirateitel.medium.com/how-the-gary-powers-u-2-incident-really-unfolded-4d4e859df505?sk=d9c02ef09253280b5fa7e9c56187c183

Fighting for Space: https://www.amazon.com/Fighting-Space-Pilots-Historic-Spaceflight/dp/1538716046/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1IJAO98ONQ2RC&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1600885903&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chais%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-3

Breaking the Chains of Gravity: https://www.amazon.com/Breaking-Chains-Gravity-Spaceflight-before/dp/1472911245/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1IJAO98ONQ2RC&dchild=1&keywords=breaking+the+chains+of+gravity&qid=1600885903&s=books&sprefix=breaking+the+chais%2Cstripbooks%2C239&sr=1-1

I'm Canadian and I grew up bilingual English/French. This is how I pronounce "reconnaissance." Deal with it! 

Part 1 in this Cold War aerial espionage series is right here: https://youtu.be/mUL0I3xbDS0
And the blog for Part 1: https://medium.com/the-vintage-space/u-2-how-the-plane-no-one-wanted-was-built-614c15961b7f?sk=cdb1a076ac5057ef77634aeba1c96372

Part 2 in this series is here: https://youtu.be/bXY0m0_h8OY

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