Posted on Aug 31, 2021
High Flight (Touched the Face of God) High Flight by John Gillespie Magee jr
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How many of you remember seeing this before your local TV station play the national anthem and then went to the Native American test pattern?
I love this video High Flight and touched the face of God.
I remember seeing this video when I was about 10 years old in 1972. I never realize that it was a t-38 jet trainer. I didn't know that it had been in service since 1959. I also did not know it was super Sonic. I still believe Nasa uses them as a Chase plane. Since most astronauts have been Pilots themselves, it was not unusual to see them flying these during the various NASA missions.
I love this video High Flight and touched the face of God.
I remember seeing this video when I was about 10 years old in 1972. I never realize that it was a t-38 jet trainer. I didn't know that it had been in service since 1959. I also did not know it was super Sonic. I still believe Nasa uses them as a Chase plane. Since most astronauts have been Pilots themselves, it was not unusual to see them flying these during the various NASA missions.
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SGT (Join to see) - What? I, bad? Never!!! Lol! Cleveland stations didn't go off the air till 1:00 or 2:00.
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No station I watched showed this, all I remember is the national anthem followed by the indian, followed by static.
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I believe it was from KTLA Channel 5. It was the first TV station in Southern California and the first to show live in Atomic Bomb Blast from Nellis.
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0201ktla-atomic-test/
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https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0201ktla-atomic-test/
SGT (Join to see) Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SGT (Join to see) CPT Chris Loomis CSM Charles Hayden
Feb. 1, 1951: TV Shows Atomic Blast, Live
1951: For the first time, television viewers witness the live detonation of an atomic bomb blast, as KTLA in Los Angeles broadcasts the blinding light produced by a nuclear device dropped on Frenchman Flats, Nevada. See also: Video Gallery: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Video Photo Gallery: Nuclear Blasts Show […]
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LTC (Join to see) - Those Cold War days were crazy. People would travel to Las Vegas for atomic bomb parties!
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
SGT (Join to see) No space launches yet so guess they had to have someplace to go.
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