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| Cj |
 Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:40 am |
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| Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander? |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:40 am |
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On Mar 5, 8:40 am, "Cj" <c...@m.com> wrote:
Quote: Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
Based on what criteria? |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 9:40 am |
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On Mar 5, 10:07 am, "Alan Erskine" <alan.ersk...@bigpond.com> wrote:
Quote: behlin...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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On Mar 5, 8:40 am, "Cj" <c...@m.com> wrote:
Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
Based on what criteria?
OPINION! Get with the script and stop being so damn pedantic!!!
Which are like assholes and full of crap |
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| Alan Erskine |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:07 am |
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<behlingjo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote: On Mar 5, 8:40 am, "Cj" <c...@m.com> wrote:
Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
Based on what criteria?
OPINION! Get with the script and stop being so damn pedantic!!! |
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| André, PE1PQX |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:23 am |
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Het is zò dat Cj formuleerde :
Quote: Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
My guess would be Robert Crippen (STS-1).
He piloted Columbia back in april '81, a first in this case... |
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| Alan Erskine |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:32 pm |
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John Young for my money; he flew Gemini, Apollo and STS. Crippen second; he
only flew STS a couple of times. |
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| John Doe |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 4:41 pm |
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Quote: Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
One that would stand out for me is the female commander (name escapes me
now) who had a number of computer failures during launch and kept her
cool and continued.
In the end, it is when things don't go as planned that the skills of the
commander and pilot are tested.
I suspect there have been many other "incidents" where their skills were
needed. |
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| James R. Jones |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 5:11 pm |
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John Doe wrote:
Quote: Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
One that would stand out for me is the female commander (name escapes me
now) who had a number of computer failures during launch and kept her
cool and continued.
In the end, it is when things don't go as planned that the skills of the
commander and pilot are tested.
I suspect there have been many other "incidents" where their skills were
needed.
Eileen Collins? |
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| Derek Lyons |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:08 pm |
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John Doe <jdoe@doe.org> wrote:
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Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
One that would stand out for me is the female commander (name escapes me
now) who had a number of computer failures during launch and kept her
cool and continued.
That's not even remotely close to being a viable candidate for 'best',
because that behavior is nothing more than the minimal acceptable
standard.
D.
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Touch-twice life. Eat. Drink. Laugh.
http://derekl1963.livejournal.com/
-Resolved: To be more temperate in my postings.
Oct 5th, 2004 JDL |
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| Brian Thorn |
| Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:29 pm |
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:40:53 +0100, "Cj" <cjw@m.com> wrote:
Quote: Who is/has been the best shuttle pilot / commander?
Joe Engle, who made the only fully manual entry and landing in the
program (STS-2)?
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| Jorge R. Frank |
| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:26 am |
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Alan Erskine wrote:
Quote: John Young for my money; he flew Gemini, Apollo and STS. Crippen second; he
only flew STS a couple of times.
Crippen flew four shuttle flights. |
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| Guest |
| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:11 am |
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On Mar 5, 11:32 am, "Alan Erskine" <alan.ersk...@bigpond.com> wrote:
Quote: John Young for my money; he flew Gemini, Apollo and STS. Crippen second; he
only flew STS a couple of times.
So what. # of flights means better pilot? Then Jake Garn would have
them all beat as a regular pilot since he had more hours in more
different aircraft.
Young just had the benefit of being born early. Who says a shuttle
only era pilot isn't better? Hoot Gibson, Charley Precourt, Jim
Wetherbee,
What are you using to measure their skills against. |
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| Alan Erskine |
| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:03 am |
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<behlingjo@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Quote: Which are like assholes and full of crap
What; pedantic people? Finally, we agree on something. |
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| André, PE1PQX |
| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:22 am |
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Jorge R. Frank drukte met precisie uit :
Quote: Alan Erskine wrote:
John Young for my money; he flew Gemini, Apollo and STS. Crippen second;
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only flew STS a couple of times.
Crippen flew four shuttle flights.
Crippen flew it first from orbit to landing. However, I do not know if
he was helped by computers or not... |
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| Alan Erskine |
| Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:44 am |
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<André>; "PE1PQX" <Andre_geenviagra@pe1pqx.eu> wrote in message
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Quote: Crippen flew it first from orbit to landing. However, I do not know if
he was helped by computers or not...
From Gemini onwards, they were all helped by computers. |
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