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Topic: Ray Young, ALT flight engineer (1933-2008)
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eurospace
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-29-2008 01:45 PM
   
William R. "Ray" Young, flight test engineer on the Boeing 747/Enterprise Approach and Landing Test (ALT) program and many Lockheed JetStar flights during the development of the space shuttle, has passed away in June 2008, his daughter tells me. William Raymond Young passed away on Monday evening, June 9, 2008 following his wife Gayle Bringhurst Young in death. Gayle died on Monday June 25, 2007. Both were residents of South Jordan, Ut. and long time residents of North Edwards, Calif.Born July 19, 1933 in French Camp Calif. to Arbor May Gillespie and William Melton Young. Ray worked for NASA as a Flight Test Engineer on both the YF12 and the 747 that carried the space shuttle. He was also a retired Colonel in the US Air Force. |
gliderpilotuk
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posted 12-29-2008 03:10 PM
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NavySpaceFan
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posted 12-29-2008 03:17 PM
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cddfspace
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posted 12-29-2008 03:30 PM
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Apollo-Soyuz
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posted 12-29-2008 04:34 PM
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Lunar rock nut
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posted 12-29-2008 04:42 PM
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ea757grrl
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posted 12-29-2008 07:22 PM
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dss65
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posted 12-30-2008 08:55 PM
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Rick Mulheirn
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posted 12-31-2008 06:18 PM
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randy
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From: West Jordan, Utah USA
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posted 12-31-2008 10:01 PM
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NovaRob
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From: Tucson, Arizona, USA
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posted 01-02-2009 01:13 PM
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Henk Boshuijer
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From: Netherlands
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posted 01-02-2009 05:37 PM
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Delta7
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