Wright Brothers Dinner 2023
December 17 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us for a reception, silent auction, presentations and comaraderie at our annual Wright Brothers Dinner on Friday, December 17. We will start with a reception at 5:00PM, followed by our speaker and dinner.
Speaker: Francis Gary Powers, Jr.
Mr. Gary Powers, Jr. is the Founder and past Chairman of the The Cold War Museum in Vint Hill, Va. In 2015, he consulted for a Steven Spielberg Cold War thriller, Bridge of Spies, about James Donovan who brokered the 1962 spy exchange between KGB spy Rudolph Abel and CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Sr. He is author of three books, including the 2019 book, “Spy Pilot”. He will speak about his famous father’s legacy, “from infamy to hero.”