Not a Space Shuttle Door Gunner but an actual pilot

[Gman]

Neato

[thvigil11]

Awesome story.

I used to get to refuel the fleet of a little guy named Frank Borman down at an FBO in Las Cruces. Included a P51, P63, T6 and fully restored Zero. But the princess of his fleet was the F86. Used to always ask him for a flyby with a wave for me and he always provided.

[.455_Hunter]

Awesome!

[Zundfolge]

Did you get chills when you opened his wiki page and realized who he was? I just did. Awesome experience

Yes ... and then this wave of regret that I just spent 20 minutes boring this guy about my knowledge of the local cartography when I could have been asking him all sorts of questions about the greatest days of the space program.

Of course I think he's happier to have the information I gave him

He did recommend a restaurant (well bar) that I'm going to have to check out; The Bucksnort Saloon (out in the woods near Pine).

[jslo]

Grab a burger at the Bucksnort and let me know how it is. Probably the best burger I've ever had, though it was 10+ years ago.
Oh, and cool story

[kidicarus13]

Very cool. That doesn't happen every day.

[GilpinGuy]

Grab a burger at the Bucksnort and let me know how it is. Probably the best burger I've ever had, though it was 10+ years ago.
Oh, and cool story

+1. Bad ass brush with greatness too.

[Hoser]

He did recommend a restaurant (well bar) that I'm going to have to check out; The Bucksnort Saloon (out in the woods near Pine).

Cool little joint.

[BladesNBarrels]

Just goes to show you never know who you might be talking to.
Great experience.

[Ronin13]

Awesome story. Some friends of mine lived down the street from Bruce McCandless (retired Austronaut from the Shuttle era) in Conifer. And I have many friends/family who knew Jeff Ashby (he and I graduated from the same High School- albeit 30-some years apart).