Jul 19 • 43M

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

Escaping Communism 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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