f1freak 0 #1 September 3, 2005 HAHAHAHA, must be a 70's person...... QuoteIt looks good at Mach One. Uh, Roger. DCS arm switch is on. OK, Victor. Landing rocket arm switch is on. Here comes the throttle. Circuit breakers in. We have separation. Roger. Inboard and outboards are on. We're comin' forward with the sidestick. All looks good. Uh, Roger. I've got a blowout. Number three. Get your pitch to zero. Engine's out. I can't hold altitude. Correction. Alpha hold is off. Trip select is emergency. Flightcom, I can't hold it. She's breaking up. She's break……. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Austin, astronaut A man barely alive Gentlemen, we can rebuild him We have the technology We have the capability to build the worlds first bionic man Steve Austin will be that man Better than he was before Better - Stronger - Faster Check this site out HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shall555 0 #2 September 3, 2005 The book's not a bad read, either. shall Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caress 0 #3 September 4, 2005 The six million dollar man. yup I remember that show. Jamie Sommers age 27 professional tennis pro injured in skydiving accident both legs right arm right ear it is sick that I can quote all of that from memory huh? Oscar Goldman & Dr. Rudy Wells and The O.S.I. Okay, I gotta get outta here 10-4 base clear-Suzanne I've learned.... That being kind is more important than being right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #4 September 4, 2005 I read a magazine article a few days ago that mentioned the pilot who's test flight footage was actually used for the show intro-Maybe it was AOPA Pilot mag, I can't remember right nowI am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #5 September 4, 2005 Quoteit is sick that I can quote all of that from memory huh? yes it is........... JUST KIDDIN....HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #6 September 4, 2005 Your thinking of Skip Holm, but I'm really not sure if he was the pilot that crashed in that scene....... I'll have to do some research I guess...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2fat2fly 0 #7 September 4, 2005 Crap, I can't believe I let Skip's name slip my mind. Especially since I;m packing this weekend to go to the Reno race.I am not the man. But the man knows my name...and he's worried Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beerlight 0 #8 September 4, 2005 Quote I;m packing this weekend to go to the Reno race. Ah, that's just fucked!!! I wanna go, i wanna go!!! Rare Bear gonna be there this year? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,121 #9 September 4, 2005 IIRC, that was an actual accident, during early tests of the H2-L2 lifting body design. A fascinating story, one that involved tow tests on the salt flats behind a souped-up Chevy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJD 0 #10 September 5, 2005 QuoteIIRC, that was an actual accident, during early tests of the H2-L2 lifting body design. A fascinating story, one that involved tow tests on the salt flats behind a souped-up Chevy. Apparently some viewers wrote in to say it was ridiculous anybody could survive a crash that looked that bad. But he did, didn't he? As a kid I did love the six million dollar man - but my heart belonged to Jaime Sommers. my teachers looked like that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #11 September 5, 2005 QuoteH2-L2 lifting body design. It was actually the M2-F2 ("M"odified half-cone design) by Northrop. It crashed after 15 great flights resulting in pilot (Bruce Peterson) injuries. here is a post crash pic, and a little history about the crash (the only M2 crash, the M2-F3 made 27 powered flights before they retired the project.) QuoteBruce A. Peterson became the NASA project pilot for the lifting body program after Milt Thompson retired from flying in late 1966. Peterson had flown the M2-F1, and made the first glide flight of the HL-10 heavy-weight lifting body in December 1966. On May 10, 1967, Peterson made his fourth glide flight in the M2-F2. This was also the M2-F2's 16th glide flight, scheduled to be the last one before the powered flights began. However, as pilot Bruce Peterson neared the lakebed, the M2-F2 suffered a pilot induced oscillation (PIO). The vehicle rolled from side to side in flight as he tried to bring it under control. Peterson recovered, but then observed a rescue helicopter that seemed to pose a collision threat. Distracted, Peterson drifted in a cross-wind to an unmarked area of the lakebed where it was very difficult to judge the height over the lakebed because of a lack of the guidance the markers provided on the lakebed runway. Peterson fired the landing rockets to provide additional lift, but he hit the lakebed before the landing gear was fully down and locked. The M2-F2 rolled over six times, coming to rest upside down. Pulled from the vehicle by Jay King and Joseph Huxman, Peterson was rushed to the base hospital, transferred to March Air Force Base and then the UCLA Hospital. He recovered but lost vision in his right eye due to a staph infection. HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
