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imaginal-ai · 3 months

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"Test Pilot Pin-Up" (0001)

(The Skyward Series)

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moonwatchuniverse · 3 months

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March 1, 1924... remembering Donald “Deke” Slayton Would be 100th birthday for USAF pilot/astronaut Donald "Deke Slayton, selected a NASA astronaut in 1959, USAF Captain Donald Slayton became one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. However centrifuge training electrocardiodiagrams pointed out he had a heart condition, so he became chief of the astronaut office, deciding on crew planning for the Gemini and Apollo programs. In March 1972, NASA announced that Slayton had returned to flight status and in this way he became DMP - Docking Module Pilot for the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975. Wristwatch-wise, Donald Slayton wore a lot of watches (Accutron, Breitling, Bulova, Omega,...) and he was the first of the NASA astronauts to be spotted wearing an Omega Speedmaster CK2998-4 in December 1962. By June 1963, three NASA astronauts (Donald Slayton, Walter Schirra & Leroy Cooper) had a personal Speedmaster CK2298. Although bezelless since June 1963, Slayton kept wearing his Speedmaster CK2298 untill June 1965. Note in this 1991 portrait, Donald Slayton wore his Gold "Apollo 11" tribute Omega Speedmaster BA 145.022-69 n° 27 chronograph on yellow Gold bracelet awarded in November 1969. (Photo: Pam Francis portraits)

#Apollo #Astronaut #321 #chronograph #Speedmaster #Moonwatch #MoonwatchUniverse #NASA #military #montres #uhren #pilot watch #test pilot #Speedytuesday #Omega #spaceflight #Zulu time

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dronescapesvideos · 8 months

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X-15 rocket aircraft. "The Right Stuff". From Pearl Harbor to test pilot, to the Apollo program. A rare interview with Scott Crossfield

VIDEO ➤➤https://youtu.be/x5ALRclpguQ

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nocternalrandomness · 1 year

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Mildred “Micky” Axton

Mildred “Micky” Axton was the first woman to pilot a Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber on May 4 1944 according to Boeing Aircraft Archives

#WASP #Women in aviation #Boeing #B-29 #Military women #Test Pilot #First woman B-29 Pilot #Aviation history #Female pilot #Woman aviator

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nerds-yearbook · 2 months

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Quantum Leap premiered on March 26, 1989. In New Mexico in 1995, Dr Sam Beckett fearing he would have his project shut down made a test run of his time machine. He "leaped" into the body of test pilot Tom Stratton in September 13, 1956. ("Genesis", Quantum Leap, TV Event)

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aviationgeek71 · 9 months

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Test pilots Lt. Col. Henry E. Warden (left) and Captain Glen W. Edwards (right) at Muroc Army Airfield, California. Edwards was later killed in the crash of Northrup YB-49. In 1950, Muroc Army Airfield was renamed in his honor to Edwards Air Force Base.

#avgeek #aviation #aviation history #vintage #test pilot

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the-myrna-loy-blog · 1 year

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Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy in a publicity photo for the great 1938 film Test Pilot.

#clark gable #Myrna Loy #Spencer Tracy #test pilot #old hollywood #The Myrna Loy Blog

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dimepicture · 17 days

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#test pilot #1938 #30s #bw #single #gif #myrna loy #clark gable #meta

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imaginal-ai · 3 months

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"Test Pilot Pin-Up" (0002)

(More of the Skyward Series)

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moonwatchuniverse · 1 month

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April 1966... Gemini water egress training Gemini astronauts Eugene Cernan and Edwin Aldrin seen during water egress training for the Gemini program onboard NASA motor vessel retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. By April 1966, NASA had received 35 Omega Speedmaster chronographs while having 52 active astronauts. MoonwatchUniverse has been delving into archives to bring up a complete overview of how & when the NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronographs were distributed to prime & backup astronaut crews of the Gemini & Apollo era. Note for MoonwatchUniverse this is the earliest photo showing Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin wearing a NASA-issued Speedmaster. (Photo: NASA)

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dronescapesvideos · 1 month

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Eric Brown Landing On An Experimental Flexible Rubber Deck On A Carrier In A Modified Vampire Jet Fighter, 1948. Eric "Winkle" Brown also landed the first jet aircraft on a carrier, among his numerous accomplishments.

➤➤ ERIC BROWN PLAYLIST: https://dronescapes.video/EricBrown ➤➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/Vampire

#vampire #aircraft carrier #eric brown #Eric Winkle Brown #test pilot #experimental #experimental aircraft #prototype #circa 1948 #youtube #aircraft #airplane #aviation #dronescapes #military #documentary #aviation history

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nocternalrandomness · 10 months

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"The Real Right Stuff" by aerospace artist Bob McCall

One of aerospace artist Bob McCall's last works was a portrait of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. Called "The Real Right Stuff," the painting depicts Armstrong during his early NASA career when he was an X-15 research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, now the Dryden Flight Research Center.

#Neil Armstrong #NASA #Aerospace art #Test pilot #astronaut #X-15 #Aviation art

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gordopickett · 10 days

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Seven Sentence Sunday

I was tagged by @benwvatt yesterday, but I'm just getting around to this today. 😄

Tagging @sparkleplatypuswriter @katesofheaven @allatariel

@onekisstotakewithme @lacontroller1991 @violetmuses

@tiltedsyllogism & anyone else who wants to play! 😁

This is a snippet from "And If It's Not Okay..." (my For All Mankind post-season 2 fix-it fic). This is from chapter 29, which I plan to post on Ao3 sometime this week.

Gordo was sure Ed could hear his heavy breathing. Beads of sweat formed again on Gordo’s brow and upper lip. His face felt hot. His mask was suffocating him. His hand trembled on the control stick. His pulse pounded in his ears. Something was wrong.