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Topic: Photo of the week 533 (January 10, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-10-2015 03:02 AM
   
 NASA pilot Tom McMurtry died January 3. The first time I heard his name was when the crew of the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft was announced, prior to the Enterprise Approach and Landing Tests in 1977. Left to right are: Tom McMurtry, co-pilot; Fitz Fulton, pilot; and Vic Horton, flight engineer. Later JSC engineer Skip Guidry was added to the crew. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 864
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 01-10-2015 09:02 AM
Great picture Ed. Thanks.I really like seeing pictures of the not-so-well known participants of our various space programs (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Shuttle)than those of the more famous (astronauts, flight directors etc.). Any chance of seeing any lunar scientists and geologists from NASA or JPL, or mid-to-lower level Apollo engineers in the future? |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-11-2015 03:10 AM
Agreed this is an interesting series of photos, better than the known stuff. |
carmelo
Member Posts: 1047
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 01-12-2015 03:32 PM
Why the crew of 747 was not formed by Astronauts? |
mmcmurrey
Member Posts: 114
From: Austin, TX, USA
Registered: Jun 2012
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posted 01-12-2015 05:43 PM
Probably because flying experimental planes and/or fighter type is not conducive to keeping wings on heavy a/c as the yanking and banking is a hard transition to overcome!
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mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-13-2015 04:46 PM
Unsung heroes that have contributed so much. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 02-05-2015 07:06 PM
And now we have lost Fitz Fulton.A sad trend is upon us. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 02-06-2015 08:38 AM
To answer poster carmelo's question in part; two astronauts have flown the 747 SCA during their careers at NASA. C. Gordon Fullerton flew them 98 times while an active astronaut and later as a research pilot at then - NASA Dryden, and Dick Scobee 29 times before his death. |
machbusterman
Member Posts: 1778
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004
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posted 02-06-2015 03:24 PM
That is a TREMENDOUS photo... One I'd never seen before. Thanks for sharing Ed!! |
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