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Maliki -> One giant step.. (4/26/2007 1:16:41 AM)
I posted this over at MC's but i thought some of you would like it as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81gn2oLeC_U That is an awesome video in my opinion.

Terminus -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 1:37:53 AM)
Oh yeah, the Kittinger film... Excellent... And an unbelievably brave man...

Maliki -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 1:44:00 AM)
Believe it or not i never heard of him until recently.I'm pissed at my teachers for not telling us about him.They could have cut five minutes out of telling us about LBJ"s Great Society or Gloria Steinman and the ERA over the three years that we would learn about them at the end of may(Our textbooks ended with Nixons impeachment)To say...You guys want to see/hear something cool?[8\|]

robpost3 -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 2:20:42 AM)
Thanks that was cool!!! I mixed out the techno plop and put Pink Floyd Learning to Fly...wow...

Arctic Blast -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 3:55:52 AM)
Wow...first time I had ever seen this, as well.

Maliki -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 5:25:15 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Arctic Blast Wow...first time I had ever seen this, as well. Repost my brother.Repost the link to all.Lets make this man a household name.Lets replace the hate of of a national conversation of a nappy headed dyke...with one of a person whom risked all..to further our understaninding of the universe[:D] Would anyone here take a step of faith from a mile up..let alone ten miles high?

sven -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 6:14:12 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Maliki Repost my brother.Repost the link to all.Lets make this man a household name.Lets replace the hate of of a national conversation of a nappy headed dyke...with one of a person whom risked all..to further our understaninding of the universe[:D] Would anyone here take a step of faith from a mile up..let alone ten miles high? do a google on him....his POW years were fascinating. Helluva guy.

Doggie -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 6:55:35 AM)
I first heard about him in elementary school in West Virginia, circa 1964 or so. About the same time we were learning about West Virginian Chuck Yeager. They were always mighty proud of that boy back in west Virginia.

JudgeDredd -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 11:02:27 AM)
Well, pretty amazing

Marc von Martial -> RE: One giant step.. (4/26/2007 11:10:04 AM)
I guess the term "hero" applies here. Awesome.

old man of the sea -> RE: One giant step.. (4/27/2007 5:43:40 AM)
he's one cool monkey

Neilster -> RE: One giant step.. (4/27/2007 6:46:09 AM)
From memory, he had a leaky glove that made his hand swell up massively. Cheers, Neilster

pasternakski -> RE: One giant step.. (4/27/2007 10:03:02 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Neilster he had a leaky glove that made his hand swell up massively. Cheers, Neilster Didn't that happen to Michael Jackson, too?

JudgeDredd -> RE: One giant step.. (4/27/2007 10:12:01 AM)
Yes...but it wasn't because he had a leaky glove! muuuaaaahhhhhaaa

Maliki -> RE: One giant step.. (4/27/2007 8:33:04 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: sven quote: ORIGINAL: Maliki Repost my brother.Repost the link to all.Lets make this man a household name.Lets replace the hate of of a national conversation of a nappy headed dyke...with one of a person whom risked all..to further our understaninding of the universe[:D] Would anyone here take a step of faith from a mile up..let alone ten miles high? do a google on him....his POW years were fascinating. Helluva guy. I read a thing where he cooperrated with the NVA.I don't give a ** what his life was like afterwards..That one instance made him a **ing hero..Who here would jump 20 miles..with zero garuntees? No one.

pasternakski -> RE: One giant step.. (4/27/2007 10:07:01 PM)
Well, I jumped about 1 3/4 million feet ... 6-10 thousand at a time...

sven -> RE: One giant step.. (4/28/2007 1:50:50 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Maliki I read a thing where he cooperrated with the NVA.I don't give a ** what his life was like afterwards..That one instance made him a **ing hero..Who here would jump 20 miles..with zero garuntees? No one. My understanding is he refused to break, but also refused to wallow in tortured self-emotional flagellation. He was known for his cheerful demeanor and faith that sooner or later he would go home. 307 days later(over the course of two calender years) he did. The USAF allowed him to stay on until 1978(when he was 50) and so far as I know he was not stripped of any clearence so I doubt he broke. On the other hand even if he did I agree he was still brave and the fact is confronted with the Hanoi Hilton damn near everyone broke to whatever degree....except maybe Stockdale. [image]local://upfiles/13/F104329C31C74413880FB1D41BD852F3.jpg[/image] [image]local://upfiles/13/15D3A0B41D5C4D009B20A7F943FE1B9A.jpg[/image] [image]local://upfiles/13/AC529756F492494CAD1DA985221524C2.jpg[/image]

Maliki -> RE: One giant step.. (4/28/2007 5:11:52 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pasternakski Well, I jumped about 1 3/4 million feet ... 6-10 thousand at a time... I remember the time i fell off a barstool.There might even be a video of it on Youtube also. I think it had a soundtrack to it too. [:D]

pasternakski -> RE: One giant step.. (4/28/2007 5:51:07 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Maliki I remember the time i fell off a barstool. AND LIVED? WITH NO GUARANTEES? Maliki, you be mah heeee-ro!

Maliki -> RE: One giant step.. (4/28/2007 6:27:56 AM)
quote: ORIGINAL: pasternakski quote: ORIGINAL: Maliki I remember the time i fell off a barstool. AND LIVED? WITH NO GUARANTEES? Maliki, you be mah heeee-ro! Aww..shucks. I didin't do anything more than anyone else here would have done.

Maliki -> RE: One giant step.. (5/6/2007 3:11:52 AM)
God bless Captian Kittenger.

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