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Old 03-May-2006, 06:08 PM
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Bruce Peterson, pilot of NASA 'lifting body' aircraft, dies at 72

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Bruce A. Peterson, a NASA test pilot who flew the wingless "lifting body" vehicles that led to development of the space shuttles and survived a filmed crash that became part of the opening scenes of "The Six Million Dollar Man" TV show, has died. He was 72.
Hard to believe anyone survived that crash. I always thought it was an unmanned test flight that failed.
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Amazing. I also assumed it was unmanned in that footage.
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Hello Anton, remember our Mars expedition? Ha, that was fun.
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Pics of M2-F2 with and without Peterson at:
http://trc.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Pho.../ECN-1505.html

They won't download for me at present - don't know why.

Videoclips, esp. the 'oscillations in flight' one, show what Peterson (I assume he is the pilot here) had to overcome: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Movie/M2-F2/index.html

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That gives me chills.
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