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>>12739174
>>12739198
>”At age 32, Lawrence was killed in a plane crash at Edwards AFB on December 8, 1967.[1] He was flying backseat in an F-104 as the instructor pilot for flight test trainee Major Harvey Royer, who was learning the steep-descent glide technique. Royer made such an approach but flared too late.”
>”The airplane struck the ground hard, its main gear failed, it caught fire, and rolled. The canopy shattered and the plane bounced and skidded on the runway for 2,000 feet (610 m). Major Royer ejected upward and survived, with major injuries. The back seat, which delays a moment to avoid hitting the front seat, ejected sideways, killing Lawrence instantly. He was still strapped to his ejector seat; his parachute failed to open and was dragged 75 feet (23 m) from the wreck.”
>”Had Lawrence lived, he likely would have been among the MOL astronauts who became NASA Astronaut Group 7 after MOL's cancellation, all of whom flew on the Space Shuttle.”

>>12708003
Rip B1049. You did a good job now you must rest.

>>12605358
Thank you Jim

>>12555699
Ah that’s too bad. She got nowhere near as much fanfare as SN5 but did a great job of smoothing out the landing process.

Fair winds SN6. I won’t see you all as ashes. You are all diamonds.

So why did the header tank lose pressure?

Literally only failed on the landing BURN! Flip was good!

HOLY FUCK WE GOT SO CLOSE!

o7 SN8! Live long and may the wind be at your back.

Godspeed SN8