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To: Red Badger

I use to listen to Francis Gary Powers on the radio. He was on Kgil doing traffic reports .I had no idea of his previous history until he died in a helicopter accident.


9 posted on 05/01/2026 11:30:01 PM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Nateman
I use to listen to Francis Gary Powers on the radio. He was on Kgil doing traffic reports .I had no idea of his previous history until he died in a helicopter accident.

What a step down. (To go from flying high-altitude missions over Russia to reporting traffic in LA.)

Supposedly, the reason for the helo crash was that a faulty fuel gauge had been repaired but he was not informed. He had been making a mental adjustment for what he thought was an incorrect reading but which was actually the correct reading.

14 posted on 05/02/2026 5:19:04 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones." - George Washington)
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