Son of U-2 Spy Plane Pilot Speaks At EAA Chapter Meeting

Published in Midwest Flyer Magazine – December 2021/January 2022 Online Issue

(L/R) Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recipient Jerry Schiroo, EAA Chapter 25 Banquet Chairman Patrick Halligan, guest speaker Gary Powers, Jr., and Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award recipient Jerry Farrell.

EAA Chapter 25 in Lakeville, Minnesota, sponsored a banquet October 3, 2021, featuring guest speaker, Gary Powers, Jr., son of Francis Gary Powers, Sr., who was shot down over Russia in 1960 while flying a U-2 spy plane. The FAA presented two Wright Brothers Master Pilot Awards that evening – one to Jerry Schiroo, and the other to Jerry Farrell.

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