Hangar Flying

[Ron Van Putte]

Bill Glaze wrote:
> Yep.  A friend of mine on the airline (retired Lt. Colonel) flew the 
> SR-71 operationally.  He's a very quiet guy!  

This is off-topic too and I apologize in advance.  I was a Captain back 
in the mid 1960's and was walking down a corridor in a building at 
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH when the meekest looking Colonel I'd ever seen 
approached in the opposite direction.  I whispered to the officer I was 
with something like,  "Man, that's the most mousy Colonel I've ever 
seen!".  He replied, "Oh, that's John Stapp".  For the uninitiated, 
Colonel John Stapp routinely strapped himself in a rocket sled and went 
blasting off down the track at speeds of up to the speed of sound to 
test the effects of wind on the bodies of pilots ejecting at these speeds!

Ron Van Putte

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