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Topic: Joe Engle, X-15, shuttle astronaut (1932-2024)
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Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-10-2024 07:52 PM
   
collectSPACE Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space aboard two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's death on Wednesday (July 10) was announced in a note from his family shared publicly on Facebook. "Blessed with natural piloting skills, General Joe, as he was known to many, was at his happiest in any cockpit," read the note. "He lived a fulfilled life as a proud American, U.S. Air Force pilot, astronaut and Kansas Jayhawk. His passing leaves a tremendous loss in our hearts."  |
mach3valkyrie
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Delta7
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posted 07-10-2024 07:52 PM
RIP to a pilots pilot. Tailwinds. |
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Larry McGlynn
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posted 07-10-2024 08:16 PM
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posted 07-10-2024 09:57 PM
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AstroGraphs
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SkyMan1958
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posted 07-10-2024 10:46 PM
A real gentleman. |
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posted 07-10-2024 10:51 PM
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Jurg Bolli
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posted 07-10-2024 11:00 PM
Very sad news, the last of the X-15 pilots. |
mode1charlie
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posted 07-10-2024 11:30 PM
Ad astra, Joe Engle. |
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posted 07-11-2024 01:49 AM
Joe Henry RIP. |
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posted 07-11-2024 04:12 AM
How very sad; I had the privilege of meeting with him in 2012, during the "Welcome Discovery" ceremony at the National Air and Space Museum's Udvar-Hazy Center and asking what were his favorite shuttle orbiters...Lastly, the crew of STS-2 are no more... |
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