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Colonel Joe Kittinger, Jr.

24 posted on 02/07/2012 11:42:24 AM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: A.A. Cunningham
According to that link:

On the way, he (Kittinger) became the first man to exceed the speed of sound -- without a plane.

27 posted on 02/07/2012 11:51:52 AM PST by Never on my watch (As a matter of fact, IT IS something worth getting angry over!)
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To: A.A. Cunningham
THAT is a hell of a resume!
28 posted on 02/07/2012 11:54:44 AM PST by Never on my watch (As a matter of fact, IT IS something worth getting angry over!)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

Man that gives me the heebee jeebees just looking at that picture!


32 posted on 02/07/2012 12:02:49 PM PST by GourmetDan (Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
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To: A.A. Cunningham

I heard his interview. The air was so sparse up there that when he stepped clear of the gondola he felt like he was just floating. He had to look back at the balloon receding to verify he was actually falling.


54 posted on 02/07/2012 1:17:49 PM PST by Blogatron (Brought to you by The American Frog Council; 'Frog - The other green meat')
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