With all of the great content available on our website, we know it can be hard to choose. So, every week we’ll send along digital content recommendations centered around a specific topic, so you can fuel your passion for aviation and space while the museum is closed.

SPY PLANES

Blackbird. U-2. Need we say more? In this week's Digital Discoveries, explore the world of spy planes (also known as reconnaissance aircraft).

SR-71 First-Hand
Hear from SR-71 pilot Buz Carpenter about what it was like to fly the Blackbird and what made this aircraft so iconic in a video tour of our Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird.

Francis Gary Powers and the U-2
Read the story of the Lockheed U-2 and pilot Francis Gary Powers, who was flying a U-2 mission over the Soviet Union when he was shot down and captured. Dive into Powers' first-hand account of his experience through his Soviet prison diary, held in our Archives.

A Mission For Your Jr. Agents of STEM
Share the real-life stories of spies and spy-tech with your kids through the STEM in 30 episode Spy Planes: Eyes in the Sky, designed for middle school students. The show includes a behind-the-scenes look at the CIA Museum.

Online Exhibit
Explore how aerial reconnaissance photography has been used throughout history and the people who collected it in the online Sky Spies exhibit.

You can find even more aviation and space content anytime on our Air and Space Anywhere webpage.