Neil Armstrong

[jberryhill]

I cannot even begin to relate the influence that he, and the project of which he was an icon, had in my life. So, I won't try.

The guy that flew this:



Had everything in the world to brag about, and never did.

http://www.sierrafoot.org/x-15/adventures/flight_051/flight_51.html

...This point was roughly over Pasadena, La Canada, and the Rose  Bowl, 45 miles south of Edwards Air Force Base!  This is the northern edge of the Los Angeles Basin, on the south side of the San Gabriel Mountains.

If not for that 3 g turn Armstrong's next radio contact might have needed to sound something like this:  "Los Angeles Approach, X-15 66672 needs immediate clearance for straight-in approach to runway 25 Right at LAX."