He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a 1977 helicopter. Range: 2,220 miles (over 3,000 miles for later models)Ĭlick here to return to the Cold War Gallery. Francis Gary Powers (Aug August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Lockheed U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. The aim of this project is to create a detailed, realistic, but also fun simulation. Currently () it must still be considered unfinished. During the 1960s, it made 285 flights to gather data on high-altitude, clear-air turbulence and in the 1970s it flight tested reconnaissance systems. Delivered to the museum in May 1980, it is painted as a typical reconnaissance U-2.Įngine: Pratt & Whitney J57-P-37A of 11,000 lbs. The FlightGear aircraft described here features the latest, modern variant of the U-2, the U-2S. The aircraft on display at the museum is the last U-2A built. Our Multi-Domain Operations/Joint All-Domain Operations solutions provide a complete picture of the battlespace and empowers warfighters to quickly make decisions that drive action. Lockheed U-2 C spy plane, Article 358, was ferried from Incirlik Air Base in Turkey to the US base at Peshawar airport by pilot Glen Dunaway. was killed on a similar mission when his U-2 was shot down by a surface-to-air missile. U-2s have also been used for programs as diverse as mapping studies, atmospheric sampling and collecting crop and land management photographic data for the Department of Energy. The combat crew, distinguished by the destruction of U-2 on On 28 April 1960, a U.S. Heyser obtained the first photographs of Soviet offensive missile sites in Cuba. Eight days later, Maj. One of the most important U-2 missions took place on Oct. "Kelly" Johnson at Lockheed's "Skunk Works" in Burbank, Calif., designed and built the U-2 to fly surveillance missions. With sailplane-like wings suited for the thin atmosphere above 55,000 feet (over 70,000 feet for later models), this single-engine aircraft made its first flight in August 1955. Entering operational service in 1956, its use remained secret until May 1, 1960, when a surface-to-air missile shot down a civilian-piloted U-2 on a reconnaissance flight over Soviet territory. In complete secrecy, a team headed by Clarence L.
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