The Story of a Spudnik Flight

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The plane came and it started a very lift turn and it just missed the town it hit right beside Brandon Right across the road. It didn't hurt anybody, but it You know the typical fireball and stuff that comes down. As I was pulling back I said it just blew and I'm getting out now nobody heard me Now the colonel that was coming back from across country,. He heard me He's the only one that heard my my call And uh So so anyway, I took the helmet off and I ran and got him. The pilot thought he could get there quicker if he Pickled off that Spudnik that he's hanging below it. But he pickled it off Not there who

Retired United States Air Force officer and fighter pilot, test pilot, and record-breaking aviator who in 1986 piloted the Voyager aircraft on the first non-stop, non-refueled around-the-world flight with co-pilot Jeana Yeager. He was born in Loma Linda, California, where he gained an interest in flying at a young age. He is the older brother of famed aerospace designer Burt Rutan, whose many earlier original designs Dick piloted on class record-breaking flights, including Voyager.

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