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Topic: Happy Birthday, astronaut Joe Engle (8/26)
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Mike Isbell Member Posts: 551 From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 08-26-2012 02:38 AM
Astronaut Joe Engle celebrates his 80th birthday today. Gen. Engle first flew into space in 1965 piloting the X-15 aircraft. He was then selected as an astronaut in 1966 and commanded shuttle flights STS-2 in 1981 and STS-51-I in 1985.Happy birthday Gen. Engle may you have many more! |
ilbasso Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-26-2012 12:12 PM
Best damn pilot of hypersonic falling bricks you ever saw! As someone who was willing to take bad assignments (e.g., 2TV-1) and suffer disappointments (losing his slot on Apollo 17) to do whatever was needed for The Program, he was and continues to be a very Classy Guy. |
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-26-2012 03:33 PM
Happy Birthday, Gen. Engle. |
Kite Member Posts: 831 From: Northampton UK Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 08-26-2012 03:48 PM
A very happy 8oth birthday to Gen. Joe Engle and wishing you many more. Another dignified astronaut. |
Lunar Module 5 Member Posts: 370 From: Wales, UK Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-26-2012 04:25 PM
Happy Birthday Gen. Engle. You made a 16 year old space nut very happy in 1982 when you sent me a signed photo after your STS-2 mission. A 30 years on belated thank you. The photo still takes pride of place in my collection. |
Jerry Brouillette Member Posts: 147 From: Louviers, CO Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-26-2012 04:26 PM
Happy Birthday Sir, you have a lot of admirers out here. Thanks for the history!! |
Aztecdoug Member Posts: 1405 From: Huntington Beach Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 08-27-2012 09:43 AM
Happy Belated Birthday Gen. Engle. My favorite astronaut of the bunch. I truly respect his character. I wish I was more like him. |
PowerCat Member Posts: 193 From: Herington, KS, USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 08-29-2012 05:29 AM
Best wishes to the General on his 80th birthday. Living only 30 miles from Gen. Engle's hometown of Chapman, KS, I have had the pleasure of meeting him on two occasions at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. He is a great individual and a great hero, not only for the State of Kansas, but also as an American. While I wish he would haved gotten to walk on the moon on Apollo 17, I have never heard him complain of his bump from that crew. It was fun the last time I saw him with Harrison Schmitt in Hutchinson and how they had fun joking back and forth about that mission.Thanks Gen. Engle for al you do for the space program. I love his white scarf story... |
leslie Member Posts: 231 From: Surrey, England Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 08-29-2012 06:02 AM
Joe Engle is just the nicest and most polite astronaut I ever met!.He is a true gentleman... happy birthday indeed! |
onesmallstep Member Posts: 1310 From: Staten Island, New York USA Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 08-26-2015 03:02 PM
A very Happy Birthday to Maj. Gen. Joe Engle USAF, test pilot, X-15 and Space Shuttle astronaut, who turns 83 today. He is the last surviving X-15 pilot, during which he earned Air Force astronaut wings. He later commanded two free flights aboard Enterprise during the shuttle Approach and Landing Test program, and went into space as commander of STS-2/Columbia and STS-51I/Discovery. |
Aztecdoug Member Posts: 1405 From: Huntington Beach Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 08-26-2015 03:38 PM
Happy birthday Gen Engle! |
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-26-2015 04:18 PM
Happy Birthday General Engle! A true American Hero!! |
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-26-2015 06:46 PM
Happy Birthday to General Joe Engle. I had the chance to meet him when he came to Albany in 1985. A real nice guy. |
lspooz Member Posts: 384 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 08-26-2015 07:34 PM
Best Birthday Wishes to a great astronaut, and a great example of a dedicated worker and veteran! |