Press

Julie Mason Mornings – Francis Gary Powers, Jr, on the Maryland Spy Couple – November 15, 2021

Radio Prague International – Iron Curtain Museum documents the Cold War era – November 12, 2021

EdHat Santa Barbara – Pierre Claeyssens 24th Ball Honoring All Veterans – November 9, 2021

Santa Barbara News Press – EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Exploring Cold War history – November 5, 2021

Santa Barbara Local News – Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation gearing up for week of festivities – November 4, 2021

Las Vegas Southwest Rotary Newsletter -Francis Gary Powers, Jr. Lunch Speaker – November 1, 2021

Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing Newsletter – U2 Spy Pilot Event – October 30, 2021

Noozhawk – Francis Gary Powers Jr. to Address Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation Military Ball – October 26, 2021

Milligan Stampede – Separating Fact from Fiction: Francis Gary Powers Jr. to Speak at Milligan – October 19, 2021

Santa Ynez Valley Star – Military Ball to Honor Veterans, Active Service Members – Santa Ynez Valley Star – October 5, 2021

Kingsport Times News – Francis Gary Powers Jr. to lead screening of Spielberg film “Bridge of Spies” – October 2, 2021

Johnson City Press – Francis Gary Powers Jr. to lead screening of Spielberg film “Bridge of Spies,” – October 2, 2021

Culpeper Star Exponent – Virginia Hails National Importance of Once-Secret Army Post in Fauquier – September 24, 2021

Homes & Lifestyle – Military Ball Featuring Francis Gary Powers Jr. to Honor Service Members – September 20, 2021

The Warren Record – Veterans Museum to Dedicate Mural, Host Author of ‘Spy Pilot’ Sept. 23 – September 17, 2021

Santa Barbara News Press – Military Ball set for November – September 17, 2021

Miami’s Community New – Francis Gary Powers, Jr visits Coral Gable Rotary Club – September 13, 2021

The Virginian-Pilot (pilotonline.com) – U-2 pilot’s son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., will give a talk and take questions in Williamsburg – September 12, 2021

Johnson City Press – Homecoming set for Oct. 22-23 (Last Paragraph) – September 8, 2021

White Bear Press – The true story behind ‘Bridge of Spies’ – 12 August 2021

The Lewistown Sentinel – Francis Gary Powers Jr. will give a lecture about his new book, “Spy Pilot” – 7 August 2021

Oscoda Press – Son of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents book at OHS – 3 August 2021

ABC 12 – Son of Cold War CIA spy in Flint to share his father’s story – 21 July 2021

RRSpin.com – Independence Day Activities Centered Around Roanoke Valley, Virginia – 2 July 2021

The Newnan Times-Herald – New Dunnavant Book Satisfies Reader’s Need for Speed – 2 July 2021

The Warren Record – Littleton Parotitic Parade is Saturday – 2 July 2021

Coronado Eagle & Journal – CHA Wine & Lecture – 10 April 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on Spy Training / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 2 April 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on History of Spy Equipment / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 1 April 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on Famous Defectors / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 31 March 2021

The Coronado Star – Virtual Wine & Lecture: A Conversation with Francis Gary Powers Jr. – 31 March 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on Famous Assassinations / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 30 March 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr., on Aldrich Ames, Rudolph Abel, & Dad the Spy / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 29 March 2021

SOFREP Radio – Podcast Interview: Gary Powers, Jr. son of the U-2 Spy Plane Pilot and Author of Spy Pilot – 12 March 2021

North Palm Beach Life – Podcast Interview: Meet Francis Gary Powers, Jr. – 1 March 2021

Russian TV Channel Zvezda – Historical Devils of Inflamed Fantsey: Why Ex-CIA Director accused Khrushchev of involvement with the Kennedy Assassination – 25 February 2021

Czech Republic Parliamentary List – 9 January 2021

Virginia Living Magazine – Fall for the Book Presents Spy Pilot: The Cold War Controversy – October 2, 2020

Coffee or Die Magazine – Washington DC: Inside the City of Spies – September 28, 2020

Russian TV channel Zvezda – At first there was mistrust’: The son of pilot Powers told how he met Sergei Khrushchev – June 19, 2020

Russian TV channel Zvezda – Amazing life outside the shadow of his father: how Sergei Khrushchev’s fate was formed – June 19, 2020

Sputnik – Gary Powers, U-2 Spy Pilot US Learned to Respect – May 1, 2020

REN TV Moscow – 60th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident Interview (Starts at 23:00) – April 30, 2020

Coronado Eagle & Journal – Francis Gary Powers Addresses Gathering at Coronado Public Library – March 27, 2020

San Diego Reader – Francis Gary Powers and the U-2 Incident – March 2020

LA Daily News – A Van Nuys boy picked up the scraps of a Cold War icon’s downed helicopter. Now he’s pushing for a memorial – July 16, 2019

The National Interest – What happened when the Soviet Union Shot Down Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 – July 8, 2019

Royal Examiner – “Spy Plane” hovers over Cold War Museum: Virginia-born U-2 pilot story told in full – July 3, 2019

The Czech Republic Evening News – Pokus o Demolici Budovy Veznice na Cejlu (Brno) – June 30 2019 (1:32 minute mark)

The Czech Republic Evening News – Spor o bouraniveznice — Udalosti v regionech (Brno) – June 27, 2019 (1:49 minute mark)

The Aviation Geek Club – Francis Gary Powers Jr Reveals Exclusive Details on the Shootdown of his Father’s U-2 – June 14, 2019

Fauquier Times Democrat – Cold War Museum Founder To Speak About His Book Spy Pilot at The Cold War Museum – June 7, 2019

Royal Examiner – Francis Gary Powers Jr June 9 Lecture at The Cold War Museum – May 25, 2019

VFW.org – Francis Gary Powers Jr Attends Exclusive Premiere of “The Lost Black Cats” at the Occoquan VFW – May 23, 2019

Sun Gazette Newspapers – Author Working To Restore Good Name Of Famed U-2 Pilot Father – May 13, 2019

NPR-International Spy Museum Grand Opening Interview – May 10, 2019

NBC Washington DC – International Spy Museum Grand Opening Interview – May 7, 2019

Herald Tribune – Cold War Controversy Revisited in Sarasota – April 1, 2019

C-SPAN3 – The Cold War Museum Tour – February 4, 2019

URA.RU – Сын летчика-шпиона Пауэрса выпустил в США книгу об отце после поездки на Урал. ФОТО (Son of spy pilot Powers released in the U.S. a book about his father after a trip to shoot down location in Ural) – January 12, 2019

Greenville Sun – History Lecture Focuses On Soviet Capture Of CIA Spy Plane Pilot – 27 October 2018

The Knoxville Focus – Brown Bag Lecture with Francis Gary Powers, Jr. to be held Monday – 29 October 2018

The Wall Street Journal – Francis Gary Powers Was a Hero, Not a Rat – 22 July 2018

Dayton Daily News – ‘Bridge of Spies’ screening has guest speaker July 19 – 13 July 2018

Warbird Digest – SAC Museum: U-2 Exhibit Opening With Frances Gary Powers Jr. – 19 May 2018

TimesDaily – Son of former U-2 pilot focuses on factual depiction – 17 April 2018

RG.RU Russian News – On the other side of the mystery: Why the son of an American spy gave the Uralians secret pictures – 22 March 2018

Bristol Herald Courier – Francis Gary Powers’ son shares famous father’s story in new book – 25 February 2018

EE1.ru Ekaterinburg News – The son of American spy Powers came to the Urals to see the wreckage of the plane on which his father was shot down – 14 December 2017

Military Times – Son of US spy pilot views U-2 artifacts at Russian museum – 7 December 2017

Norwegian Radio Interview (14:20 start) – 18 November 2017

NEWS 4 SAN ANTONIO – Cold War Memories with Gary Powers, Jr. – 23 October 2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Nuclear missiles were once ready to launch from Milwaukee’s suburbs – 23 August 2017

WUWM 89.7FM NPR – How Cold War Espionage Shaped Two Men’s Lives – 21 August 2017

Dayton Daily News – Son of Cold War U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers to appear at AF Museum – 20 July 2017

WVXU – Letters From A Soviet Prison – 17 July 2017

Broadway World – Safehouse Chicago Hosts Special Spy Presentation with Former U.S. Operative Previously Held Prisoner by the KGB – 7 July 2017

Berks-Mont – Kutztown students advocate for National History Day at Sen. Toomey’s office – 18 April 2017

East Bay Times – Alameda: Son of Cold War pilot Powers to visit USS Hornet – 10 January 2017

Northern Virginia – Spy planes, the Cold War and his father – 6 January 2017

Czech Republic Parliamentary List 2 – December 2016

YouTube – https://youtu.be/aSwzgGshGLY – 17 April 2016

Czech Republic Parliamentary List – 10 January 2016

Jacksonville.com – Son of captured 1960s U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers speaks Monday at Amelia Island Museum of History

Twin Cities – Sons of ‘Bridge of Spies’ figures to speak in St. Louis Park – 2 December 2015

Albuquerque Journal – Son of U-2 spy plane pilot shot down defends father – 27 November 2015

WRAL – Hundreds turn out for early showing of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies – 14 November 2015

Cleveland – The real “Bridge of Spies” pilot: 60-Second Know-It-All (video) – 12 November 2015

The News & Observer – Saunders: Powers proud of his father and his place in history – 8 November 2015

Photorecon.net – Gary Powers Jr. and the “Bridge of Spies” – 6 November 2015

Radio Liberty – Spielberg film about spies – 26 October 2015

Law and Liberty – Interview with Francis Gary Powers, Jr. – 9 October 2015

Daily Mail – Secrets and lies on the Bridge of Spies: A brave spy shot down over Russia, or a traitor too weak to take his suicide pill? Brilliant new Tom Hanks movie solves the Cold War mystery of CIA operative Gary Powers – 22 August 2015

Photorecon.net – Setting the Record Straight…55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident – 5 May 2015

Elizabethton Star – 50 years later, son share story of father’s sacrifice – 30 April 2015

The Columbus Dispatch – Artifacts of famous U-2 pilot enhance COSI exhibit on espionage – 11 March 2015

Russia Beyond – A Medal for Years in a Soviet Prison – 12 June 2012

Russia Today – Spies like us: 50 yrs since Cold War Swap – 10 February 2012

White Bear Press – The true story behind ‘Bridge of Spies’ 12 August 2021

 

 

The Lewistown Sentinel – Francis Gary Powers Jr. will give a lecture about his new book, “Spy Pilot” – 7 August 2021

 

Oscoda Press – Son of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents book at OHS – 3 August 2021

 

ABC 12 – Son of Cold War CIA spy in Flint to share his father’s story – 21 July 2021

 

RRSpin.com – Independence Day Activities Centered Around Roanoke Valley, Virginia – 2 July 2021

The Newnan Times-Herald – New Dunnavant Book Satisfies Reader’s Need for Speed – 2 July 2021

The Warren Record – Littleton Parotitic Parade is Saturday – 2 July 2021

Coronado Eagle & Journal – CHA Wine & Lecture – 10 April 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on Spy Training / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 2 April 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on History of Spy Equipment / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 1 April 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on Famous Defectors / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 31 March 2021

The Coronado Star – Virtual Wine & Lecture: A Conversation with Francis Gary Powers Jr. – 31 March 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr. on Famous Assassinations / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 30 March 2021

Spy Week! Francis Gary Powers, Jr., on Aldrich Ames, Rudolph Abel, & Dad the Spy / Julie Mason Mornings on SiriusXM – 29 March 2021

SOFREP Radio – Podcast Interview: Gary Powers, Jr. son of the U-2 Spy Plane Pilot and Author of Spy Pilot – 12 March 2021

North Palm Beach Life – Podcast Interview: Meet Francis Gary Powers, Jr. – 1 March 2021

Russian TV Channel Zvezda – Historical Devils of Inflamed Fantsey: Why Ex-CIA Director accused Khrushchev of involvement with the Kennedy Assassination – 25 February 2021

Czech Republic Parliamentary List – 9 January 2021

Virginia Living Magazine – Fall for the Book Presents Spy Pilot: The Cold War Controversy – October 2, 2020

Coffee or Die Magazine – Washington DC: Inside the City of Spies – September 28, 2020

Russian TV channel Zvezda – At first there was mistrust’: The son of pilot Powers told how he met Sergei Khrushchev – June 19, 2020

Russian TV channel Zvezda – Amazing life outside the shadow of his father: how Sergei Khrushchev’s fate was formed – June 19, 2020

Sputnik – Gary Powers, U-2 Spy Pilot US Learned to Respect – May 1, 2020

REN TV Moscow – 60th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident Interview (Starts at 23:00) – April 30, 2020

Coronado Eagle & Journal – Francis Gary Powers Addresses Gathering at Coronado Public Library – March 27, 2020

San Diego Reader – Francis Gary Powers and the U-2 Incident – March 2020

LA Daily News – A Van Nuys boy picked up the scraps of a Cold War icon’s downed helicopter. Now he’s pushing for a memorial – July 16, 2019

The National Interest – What happened when the Soviet Union Shot Down Francis Gary Powers’ U-2 – July 8, 2019

Royal Examiner – “Spy Plane” hovers over Cold War Museum: Virginia-born U-2 pilot story told in full – July 3, 2019

The Czech Republic Evening News – Pokus o Demolici Budovy Veznice na Cejlu (Brno) – June 30 2019 (1:32 minute mark)

The Czech Republic Evening News – Spor o bouraniveznice — Udalosti v regionech (Brno) – June 27, 2019 (1:49 minute mark)

The Aviation Geek Club – Francis Gary Powers Jr Reveals Exclusive Details on the Shootdown of his Father’s U-2 – June 14, 2019

Fauquier Times Democrat – Cold War Museum Founder To Speak About His Book Spy Pilot at The Cold War Museum – June 7, 2019

Royal Examiner – Francis Gary Powers Jr June 9 Lecture at The Cold War Museum – May 25, 2019

VFW.org – Francis Gary Powers Jr Attends Exclusive Premiere of “The Lost Black Cats” at the Occoquan VFW – May 23, 2019

Sun Gazette Newspapers – Author Working To Restore Good Name Of Famed U-2 Pilot Father – May 13, 2019

NPR-International Spy Museum Grand Opening Interview – May 10, 2019

NBC Washington DC – International Spy Museum Grand Opening Interview – May 7, 2019

Herald Tribune – Cold War Controversy Revisited in Sarasota – April 1, 2019

C-SPAN3 – The Cold War Museum Tour – February 4, 2019

URA.RU – Сын летчика-шпиона Пауэрса выпустил в США книгу об отце после поездки на Урал. ФОТО (Son of spy pilot Powers released in the U.S. a book about his father after a trip to shoot down location in Ural) – January 12, 2019

Greenville Sun – History Lecture Focuses On Soviet Capture Of CIA Spy Plane Pilot – 27 October 2018

The Knoxville Focus – Brown Bag Lecture with Francis Gary Powers, Jr. to be held Monday – 29 October 2018

The Wall Street Journal – Francis Gary Powers Was a Hero, Not a Rat – 22 July 2018

Dayton Daily News – ‘Bridge of Spies’ screening has guest speaker July 19 – 13 July 2018

Warbird Digest – SAC Museum: U-2 Exhibit Opening With Frances Gary Powers Jr. – 19 May 2018

TimesDaily – Son of former U-2 pilot focuses on factual depiction – 17 April 2018

RG.RU Russian News – On the other side of the mystery: Why the son of an American spy gave the Uralians secret pictures – 22 March 2018

Bristol Herald Courier – Francis Gary Powers’ son shares famous father’s story in new book – 25 February 2018

EE1.ru Ekaterinburg News – The son of American spy Powers came to the Urals to see the wreckage of the plane on which his father was shot down – 14 December 2017

Military Times – Son of US spy pilot views U-2 artifacts at Russian museum – 7 December 2017

Norwegian Radio Interview (14:20 start) – 18 November 2017

NEWS 4 SAN ANTONIO – Cold War Memories with Gary Powers, Jr. – 23 October 2017

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – Nuclear missiles were once ready to launch from Milwaukee’s suburbs – 23 August 2017

WUWM 89.7FM NPR – How Cold War Espionage Shaped Two Men’s Lives – 21 August 2017

Dayton Daily News – Son of Cold War U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers to appear at AF Museum – 20 July 2017

WVXU – Letters From A Soviet Prison – 17 July 2017

Broadway World – Safehouse Chicago Hosts Special Spy Presentation with Former U.S. Operative Previously Held Prisoner by the KGB – 7 July 2017

Berks-Mont – Kutztown students advocate for National History Day at Sen. Toomey’s office – 18 April 2017

East Bay Times – Alameda: Son of Cold War pilot Powers to visit USS Hornet – 10 January 2017

Northern Virginia – Spy planes, the Cold War and his father – 6 January 2017

Czech Republic Parliamentary List 2 – December 2016

YouTube – https://youtu.be/aSwzgGshGLY – 17 April 2016

Czech Republic Parliamentary List – 10 January 2016

Jacksonville.com – Son of captured 1960s U-2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers speaks Monday at Amelia Island Museum of History

Twin Cities – Sons of ‘Bridge of Spies’ figures to speak in St. Louis Park – 2 December 2015

Albuquerque Journal – Son of U-2 spy plane pilot shot down defends father – 27 November 2015

WRAL – Hundreds turn out for early showing of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Bridge of Spies – 14 November 2015

Cleveland – The real “Bridge of Spies” pilot: 60-Second Know-It-All (video) – 12 November 2015

The News & Observer – Saunders: Powers proud of his father and his place in history – 8 November 2015

Photorecon.net – Gary Powers Jr. and the “Bridge of Spies” – 6 November 2015

Radio Liberty – Spielberg film about spies – 26 October 2015

Law and Liberty – Interview with Francis Gary Powers, Jr. – 9 October 2015

Daily Mail – Secrets and lies on the Bridge of Spies: A brave spy shot down over Russia, or a traitor too weak to take his suicide pill? Brilliant new Tom Hanks movie solves the Cold War mystery of CIA operative Gary Powers – 22 August 2015

Photorecon.net – Setting the Record Straight…55th Anniversary of the U-2 Incident – 5 May 2015

Elizabethton Star – 50 years later, son share story of father’s sacrifice – 30 April 2015

The Columbus Dispatch – Artifacts of famous U-2 pilot enhance COSI exhibit on espionage – 11 March 2015

Russia Beyond – A Medal for Years in a Soviet Prison – 12 June 2012

Russia Today – Spies like us: 50 yrs since Cold War Swap – 10 February 2012