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Topic: NASA astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton (1936-2013)
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Glint
Member Posts: 1040
From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 08-23-2013 02:21 PM
   
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Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-23-2013 02:28 PM
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Lunar Module 5
Member Posts: 370
From: Wales, UK
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 08-23-2013 02:33 PM
Thought this might be apt... |
FlyBuzz11
Member Posts: 49
From: Fort Worth, Texas
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 08-23-2013 05:29 PM
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spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-23-2013 05:29 PM
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Marwin2
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From:
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 08-24-2013 02:37 AM
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Norman.King
Member Posts: 375
From: Herne Bay, Kent, UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 08-24-2013 04:22 AM
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APG85
Member Posts: 306
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Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 08-24-2013 06:08 AM
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space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-24-2013 07:19 AM
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chet
Member Posts: 1506
From: Beverly Hills, Calif.
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-25-2013 02:23 AM
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1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 436
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 08-25-2013 05:51 AM
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Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 08-25-2013 06:50 AM
OMG, I remember that hairbrush scene like it was yesterday. Gordo was amazing. Thank you for that video. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-25-2013 07:47 AM
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-25-2013 11:20 AM
.My prayers to Gordon's family. May GOD Bless them during this difficult time. |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 08-25-2013 11:52 AM
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East-Frisian
Member Posts: 586
From: Germany
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 08-25-2013 02:32 PM
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SBIV-B
Member Posts: 47
From: Dacula, GA USA
Registered: Aug 2008
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posted 08-27-2013 08:45 AM
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Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 08-29-2013 04:55 PM
Wow, so sad... I don't know how I missed this post for a week but so sad. I have two fond memories of Colonel Fullerton I would like to share. - At an Aerospace Walk of Honor event in Lancaster I spied him standing in a baseball cap, shorts and sandals eating tacos off of a paper plate next to a trash can. Just a regular guy having a quick lunch. I went up to him and started chit-chatting. He offered to sign stuff for me if I wanted and he did it right there on top of that trash can.
- Walking through the crowd at the Edwards AFB Open House a few years back I saw him pushing through the crowd in my direction. Again there he was in the shorts and baseball cap. I stopped to say hi and introduced my father in law to him. He was as gracious as could be. I said goodbye and we parted ways. As we walked away I briefed my father in law as to who we just met and Brent was quite surprised at what a regular guy the Colonel was. In retrospect I think this was just weeks before his stroke. So sad.
What an honor to have shared time with him in my life. I wish his family well.
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Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 551
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 11-13-2013 01:57 PM
Col. Gordon Fullerton will be laid to rest on Friday (Nov. 15) at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia following a service at the Ft. Myer Post Chapel at 8:45 a.m. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-29-2014 09:00 PM
From a NASA release: On Thursday, Jan. 30, NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will hold a tree planting ceremony in honor of former astronaut C. Gordon "Gordo" Fullerton. |
Spaceguy5
Member Posts: 427
From: Pampa, TX, US
Registered: May 2011
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posted 01-31-2014 05:29 PM
During the JSC memorial event, Ellen Ochoa, Fred Haise, Bob Crippen, and Fullerton's wife Marie all gave a tribute, speaking about their experiences with Fullerton. Afterwards, family and friends placed roses and mulch at the tree.During the event, there were also roses planted at the Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia trees, as well as a moment of silence, and a flyby of 4 T-38s in the Missing Man formation.  |
Spacepsycho
Member Posts: 818
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 02-06-2014 07:07 PM
I was fortunate to speak with Gordon Fullerton during the Enterprise drop tests, at airshows and at various events over the years. He was an extraordinary man who was unassuming, humble, generous and one of the most accomplished test pilots of his generation. At a Society of Experimental Test Pilots event I asked Neil Armstrong which pilots/astronauts he admired and in the top three was Fullerton. High praise from a pilot's pilot. Six months before Fullerton had his stroke he spoke to a group of educators at Dryden, giving an outstanding presentation to 150 teachers, who had no idea who he was. After the presentation Fullerton was awesome answering questions, he signed for anyone who asked and we chatted for 20-30 minutes. When our group went through a Dryden hangar during the tour, I was telling the head of the educator's program who Fullerton was and what he had accomplished. He asked me to address our group and after describing Fullerton's accomplishments, they were surprised at his accomplishments and how low key and humble he was. Gordon Fullerton was a true gentleman who will be remembered by those who had the good fortune to meet him. RIP. |
LM1
Member Posts: 667
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 02-07-2014 08:24 AM
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E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-12-2014 06:35 PM
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I was fortunate to meet him at the roll out of "Enterprise". and be on a panel with him in San Diego shortly before his stroke in 2009. A great pilot!
Jim Busby
Aerospace Legacy Foundation |
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