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[[File:Gary_Powers.jpg|thumb|Gary Powers (1966).]]'''Francis Gary Powers''' (17 August 1929 – 1 August 1977) – often referred to as simply Gary Powers – was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. | [[File:Gary_Powers.jpg|thumb|Gary Powers (1966).]]'''Francis Gary Powers''' (17 August 1929 – 1 August 1977) – often referred to as simply Gary Powers – was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. | ||
On August 1, 1977, while conducting a traffic report over Los Angeles, his helicopter crashed, killing him and George Spears, his cameraman. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Creature.jpg|link=Creature (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Creature (nonfiction)|Creature]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret [[Clandestiphrine]] experiments directed against the U-2 spyplane incident." | |||
File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden detail.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|May 7, 1960: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveler [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|Niles Cartouchian]] meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
External links | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers Francis Gary Powers] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers Francis Gary Powers] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35064221 Gary Powers: The U-2 spy pilot the US did not love] | |||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Aviators (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:57, 20 November 2021
Francis Gary Powers (17 August 1929 – 1 August 1977) – often referred to as simply Gary Powers – was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident.
On August 1, 1977, while conducting a traffic report over Los Angeles, his helicopter crashed, killing him and George Spears, his cameraman.
In the News
2018: Steganographic analysis of Creature unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret Clandestiphrine experiments directed against the U-2 spyplane incident."
May 7, 1960: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveler Niles Cartouchian meets privately with Nikita Khrushchev and Gary Powers in a successful attempt to avoid nuclear war.
