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Subject:   Skunk Works Digest V2 #87
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Skunk Works Digest        Sunday, 28 February 1993      Volume 02 : Number 087

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	Re: Russian Overflights of the past

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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 93 00:14:00 MST
Subject: Re: Russian Overflights of the past

"JOE P." <PYRDEK@vax.edinboro.edu> writes:
 >I just caught (or at least thought I caught) a very breif teaser
 >on one of the late night "news" programs last night regarding the
 >Gary Powers U-2 shootdown.
 >The tease was that there were 200 or more flyers who were shot down, 
 >crashed, landed or vanished in various U-2 flights over Russia (ex USSR)
 >in the past years.  

Hmm... I hope they didn't specifically say 200 were lost in U-2s,
since there were only a total of about *100* U-2/TR-1s built.


Larry writes:

 >>The video showed a U-2 in either take-off or landing mode for just
 >>a second or two.
 >Yes, I saw it too.
 >The add you saw was for Prime Time Live. That particluar show will be
 >aired next Thursday 3/4/93.

Sounds good!  I'll definitely be watching.

 >Looks like a fascinating show!

Hopefully with some nice Aurora stuff as well.

- -dean


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