Gladio Murder of Francis Gary Powers
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2026 8:34 am
https://substack.com/home/post/p-210009014The 1977 Encino helicopter crash was an aviation accident that occurred on August 1, 1977, when Bell 206B JetRanger helicopter N4TV, operated by KNBC as a news traffic reporting aircraft, experienced fuel exhaustion and crashed into a field in the Sepulveda Basin near Encino, California. The pilot, Francis Gary Powers, who had logged 7,193 total flight hours including 381 hours in the Bell 206, and cameraman George Spears were both killed on impact.