It was a Redstone. Here is an interview with Shepard. Interesting remark about the Saturn V! There is also a video clip of the launch.
http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/she0int-1

“You talked at the time about this smooth easy ride. But Michael Collins said it got so bad at times that he couldn’t read the instruments. What kind of a ride was it?

The Redstone was a relatively smooth rocket. There was a little buffeting when it went from subsonic to supersonic speed, but other than that it was a pretty smooth rocket. What Mike is talking about is what all of us experienced who flew the Saturn V, which was really a heck of a lot more powerful: seven and a half million pounds, as opposed to some 75 thousand pounds in the Redstone. There was a lot of vibration in the Saturn V.”

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I think so.

I just succeeded!

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LOL 😀 😀

And this turkey was rather spoiled by a C-141!

(actually a goose. I believe)

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P.S There was picture posting problems during the week-end

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If flying many short sectors, be sure you tell people the right airport you’ve just landed at 😉 (Not Christiansand, Norway, when it is Karup, Denmark)

And as already said, be honest: Don’t blame ATC if they are not involved.

One honest captain after an “arrival”:

“That was not one of my best landings. I hope that you will fly with us again another day though!”

The PA’s will easily be given on the guard frequency 121.5 as well!
(those that have – and those that will)

Spot on with that last remark, wysiwig!

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Baykonur?

The problem with experincing the Shuttle firing would be the unknown “holds” of the countdown.

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Hey Garry! Something is missing after the SA-80 😉

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Another good book about FAC’s is

A Lonely Kind of War by Marshall Harrison

flying OV-10’s in Vietnam.

Danny Glover was also squadron commander in “Flight of the Intruder” – quite a good carrier and Vietnam movie, I think.

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