American Experience Season 8 Episode 9
In the spring of 1960, Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Overnight, this top-secret plane became the most famous aircraft in the world. Behind the incident was a team of engineers and pilots who had raced against the clock to design, perfect and deploy a plane which could provide a high-tech peek behind the Iron Curtain.
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Serie: American Experience
Episode Title: Spy in the Sky
Air Date: 1996-02-26
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