Atta-Boy to the heroic crew of the shuttle Discovery!

[nighthawk]

They have done it again. Discovery and her crew performed even better than last year. Lift off on the 4th of July, a highly successful mission and today a picture perfect landing. Well done crew of Discovery!

Is this fly fishing related? In a round about way, yes. N.A.S.A. has done much to improve the quality of our lives through their spin off technology. Like this p.c. I am using, my digital wrist watch, the high strength polymer that my canoe is made from and those wonderful composites we use in our rods and gear. Lets not forget the M.R.I., CAT scanner, G.P.S., satellite photography and telecommunications.

Perhaps we can get N.A.S.A. to experiment with fly casting in orbit. The F.A.O.L. patch would look great on a space suit.

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Eric "nighthawk"

American veteran and proud of it!

[MOturkE]

Nighthawk,

I'd bet you'd get solar wind knots in space. They'd probably take light years to untangle, too!

I've wanted to say for quite a while now, I like your handle. I worked on the F-117A Nighthawk for 3 years at Tonopah, NV.


At Tonopah in 1990



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There's almost nothin' wrong with the first lie, it's the weight of all the others holdin' it up that gets ya'! - Tim

[nighthawk]

MOturkE,
Hey, perhaps N.A.S.A. can invent a new type of "knot less" leader and tippet.

You and I have more in common than we think. In the early to mid eighties I was an Army helicopter Crew Chief and Enlisted Aeroscout. Used to fly every night mission or black op that they would let me fly. Following tradition my pilot hung my call sign Nighthawk on me. He was a Vietnam vet and night missions in 'Nam were called Nighthawk Missions. I had to coordinate Cobra attacks and air strikes delivered by you guys from the left seat of my scout helicopter. Guys like you and me made them fly!

Great picture and one outstanding war bird!

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Eric "nighthawk"

American veteran and proud of it!

[DianeID]

Yes, NASA gets my vote any day of the week for their discoveries( ),inventions, and making dreams comes true. [url=http://space.about.com/od/toolsequipment/ss/apollospinoffs.htm:33018]http://space.about.com/od/toolsequipment/ss/apollospinoffs.htm[/url:33018]

It was a beautiful landing, wasn't it?

[Mohawk16]

Nighthawk, I was a Huey crewchief in the Marine Corps for four years. Flew Search and Rescue missions. Nothing like a helicopter.

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GOD BLESS AMERICA
USMC - VIETNAM VET

[dixieangler]

For some reason the shuttle sonic boom (double boom) was louder this time than usual, at least it seemed louder. Set off house alarms and dog barking all over the area as usual .


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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL

"Flip a fly"

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[danbob]

What I don't understand is how the men and women on those NASA shuttle crews fit their giant cojones in that little cockpit area....
;~)
DAN

[nighthawk]

Here is the link to the shuttle web site. Turn on your audio and click the link on the right for landing video.
[url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html:ec4cf]http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/index.html[/url:ec4cf]

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Eric "nighthawk"

American veteran and proud of it!

[nighthawk]

Check out this video of the launch.
[url=http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov//detail.cfm?mediaid=29275:b2ede]http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov//detail.cfm?mediaid=29275[/url:b2ede]

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Eric "nighthawk"

American veteran and proud of it!

Right on NightHawk! I wonder if they would take an old fly fishing hacker out there to work on casting tests? You know, the minimal man test?