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Topic: Photo of the week 352 (July 30, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-29-2011 10:13 PM
   
 Back when the Space Shuttle was still a promise: Fred Haise is training in the Shuttle Mission Simulator in early 1977 for the first free flight of the Enterprise, planned for later that year. Ed Hengeveld |
APG85
Member Posts: 306
From:
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 07-30-2011 07:40 AM
Great shot. Always wished he had flown a Shuttle in space... |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-31-2011 09:21 PM
The cabin repress valve is where? |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 07-31-2011 10:02 PM
What an amazing man. He's sitting here in the commander's seat less than 4 years after surviving an airplane crash and suffering burns over 65% of his body.I say we find a way to send Freddo back to the Moon! |
bwhite1976
Member Posts: 281
From: Belleville, IL
Registered: Jun 2011
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posted 07-31-2011 11:34 PM
Oh to have seen his name on one of the first Shuttle misson patches. What a great picture and reminder of his contribution to the shuttle program. |
Max Q
Member Posts: 399
From: Whyalla South Australia
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 08-01-2011 03:27 AM
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Originally posted by ilbasso:
I say we find a way to send Freddo back to the Moon!
Would be a fitting option for all the Apollo heroes. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-02-2011 05:37 AM
Did the pilots really wear that old kind of helmet during the ALT flights? |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 08-05-2011 09:12 AM
Phil, not only the helmet check out the "steam gages" on the instrument panel and the kneeboard too. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-05-2011 02:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Philip:
Did the pilots really wear that old kind of helmet during the ALT flights?
During the actual ALT flight the helmets were a bit more modern. Check our Photo of the Week 161. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-05-2011 08:08 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Lou Chinal:
Phil, not only the helmet check out the "steam gages" on the instrument panel and the kneeboard too.
Hey..watch it! I still use that identical type of knee board.  |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-06-2011 09:07 AM
Another great photo. Thank you for sharing these great photos with us. Back when the Space Shuttle Program was young. Any photos of Gordon Fullerton, Joe Engle and Dick Truly training for their ALT flights? |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-06-2011 09:51 PM
A similar picture is in Robert Powers' book "Shuttle," and the thought of Haise as a Shuttle commander has long intrigued me and will forever be a case of "oh, what might have been." Fred Haise is just plain made of awesome. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-07-2011 02:59 AM
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Originally posted by astro-nut:
Any photos of Gordon Fullerton, Joe Engle and Dick Truly training for their ALT flights?
 
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astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 08-20-2011 07:52 AM
Once again, thank you for the great photos. Keep them coming! |
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