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"PRAISED - From left, retired Col. Joe Schiele; Suzan Cooper, accepting the honor on behalf of her husband, the late Col. Leroy Gordon Cooper; and test pilot Irving Burrows are among the honorees at the aerospace walk of honor." MOLLY HAUXWELL/Valley Press
1 posted on 09/21/2008 12:08:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
...Tom Wolfe's classic of narrative journalism, "The Right Stuff,"

It was a great book and a great movie too; one of my top ten favorites.

Dwight D. Eisenhower: “The first American into space is not going to be a chimpanzee. I want test pilots!”
2 posted on 09/21/2008 12:21:24 PM PDT by Caramelgal (a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer except that you have actual responsibilies)
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