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Escaping East Germany in a DIY aircraft wasn’t enough for Ivo Zdarsky, so he invented his own way of life in a Utah desert ghost town

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Tags: 1980s, iron curtain, cold war, defectors, diy, aircraft, aviation, usa.ut, ivo zdarsky, germany.east, author.andy rieber, source.smithsonian, long read
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-pierced-the-iron-curtain-in-a-flying-go-kartand-left-civilization-forever-180982739/

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Title
The Man Who Pierced the Iron Curtain in a Flying Go-Kart-and Left Civilization Forever
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