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Welcome back, Discovery
I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past endeavours; sucesses and failures. I prayed. Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be the ultimate!! Congratulations, NASA Keep the ball rolling I hope the concept of humans actually flying is not banished. ~D |
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Congratulations, NASA Keep the ball rolling
I hope the concept of humans actually flying is not banished. Amen, brother. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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"Dave" wrote in message ... I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past endeavours; sucesses and failures. I prayed. Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be the ultimate!! And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape. |
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T o d d P a t t i s t wrote:
What is the cat/class of the shuttle? Powered lift? Multi Engine? Motorglider. ;-) |
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"Brad Zeigler" wrote in message ... "Dave" wrote in message ... I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past endeavours; sucesses and failures. I prayed. Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be the ultimate!! And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape. Other than the computer just who flies these things. Watching the landing on some NASA cable channel they kept refering to pilot Jim Kelly. |
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"Earl Grieda" wrote in message k.net... "Brad Zeigler" wrote in message ... "Dave" wrote in message ... I watched you and imagined this morning. I thought about past endeavours; sucesses and failures. I prayed. Gliding that rock dead stick from 8 grand down to 300 must be the ultimate!! And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape. Other than the computer just who flies these things. Watching the landing on some NASA cable channel they kept refering to pilot Jim Kelly. The Shuttle has a Mission Commander, in this case Collins and a Pilot, Kelly. The Apollo moon flights had a mission commander and two pilots one for the lunar lander and one for the command module (The guy that flies all the way to the moon and doesn't get to land. What has to be the best worst job in history.) |
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Gig 601XL Builder wr.giacona@coxDOTnet wrote:
Other than the computer just who flies these things. Watching the landing on some NASA cable channel they kept refering to pilot Jim Kelly. The Shuttle has a Mission Commander, in this case Collins and a Pilot, Kelly. The Apollo moon flights had a mission commander and two pilots one for the lunar lander and one for the command module (The guy that flies all the way to the moon and doesn't get to land. What has to be the best worst job in history.) Both the mission commander and the pilot are trained to fly and land the orbiter. -- __!__ Jay and Teresa Masino ___(_)___ http://www2.ari.net/jmasino ! ! ! http://www.OceanCityAirport.com http://www.oc-Adolfos.com |
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Brad Zeigler wrote: And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape. There ya go, Commander, you got free fries with that shake! I wonder though... during re-entry they do these banking manouveurs (sp) to help slow down. Early on they banked to about 80 degrees. Does the commander have acrobatic license? G No, really, I'd like to see a schematic illustration of exactly how this flying machine transitions, with temp charts and all. Or, descriptions/stories from those in the know about this stuff. Does Jay have a "Shuttle Suite"? ~Dave |
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"Dave" wrote in message ... Brad Zeigler wrote: And as an added bonus, the Edwards AFB landing qualifies Commander Collins for two weeks of valuable cross country time, as opposed to having to log the time as "local" had they landed at the Cape. There ya go, Commander, you got free fries with that shake! I wonder though... during re-entry they do these banking manouveurs (sp) to help slow down. Early on they banked to about 80 degrees. Does the commander have acrobatic license? G No, really, I'd like to see a schematic illustration of exactly how this flying machine transitions, with temp charts and all. Or, descriptions/stories from those in the know about this stuff. NASA.Gov used to have a pretty neat web page up that showed the landing process on about a High School level. No heat charts but it did list the skin temp at various points in the reentry process. It's been years and I don't have a clue as to where it is or if it is still on their site somewhere. |
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Dave wrote:
I wonder though... during re-entry they do these banking manouveurs (sp) to help slow down. Early on they banked to about 80 degrees. Does the commander have acrobatic license? G not to mention that he has been doing loops (albeit large ones) all week long before that :-) --Sylvain |
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