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The man and the craft. This photo of Gary Powers was taken in 1963, three years after his capture and soon after he began his association with Lockhead, as a test pilot for the U2 aircraft he'd flown over Russia.

Francis Gary Powers: The Virginia Boy Who Spied On Russia And Came Home To Tell About It

Summer, 1943 Princeton, W.Va. "I left my heart up there, Pap, and I'm goin' back to get it," 14-year-old Francis Gary Powers told his father, Oliver, after his first plane ride - in a Piper Cub...

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Even More Sweet Virginia Breezes

Casually cruising to Claytor Lake in southwest Virginia, I felt like I had come home – back to where it

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