Missing in MiG Alley

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Neil commented on Nova on 07.24.10
I just watched "Missing in MiG Alley" and particularly noticed the statement about "remarkable American ingenuity" in reference to the Gsuit. It has always been my understanding that it was a Canadian named Wilbur Franks that invented the Gsuit. Perhaps your Canadian audience has always been misinformed by our own national propaganda machine up here "north of the border". Loved the show... http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilbur_R._Franks http//www.asccsa.gc.ca/eng/astronauts/osm_aviation.asp#antig

The Korean War air battles between the American F-86 Sabre and the Soviet MiG-15 are recalled via archival footage, comments from American and Soviet pilots and dramatic reconstructions.

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