Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Test pilot




From 7/4/1954 ( World War II-era food rationing ends in Great Britain ) To 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) is 3299 days

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) To 7/27/1972 ( first flight McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jet and I was primary test pilot for the first flight and for the United States Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter jet test program ) is 3299 days



From 5/1/1967 ( my first flight by myself as jet pilot and as active duty US Naval Aviator and US Astronaut ) to 7/27/1972 ( first flight McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jet and I was primary test pilot for the first flight and for the United States Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter jet test program ) is: 1914 days

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 10/11/1968 ( I was United States Apollo 7 spacecraft United States Navy astronaut entering orbit of planet Earth ) is: 1914 days



From 12/21/1970 ( I was primary US Navy test pilot for the Grumman F-14 Tomcat first flight and for the United States Navy F-14 Tomcat fighter jet program ) To 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon as Dr. Thomas Reagan MD ) is 292 days

From 10/9/1971 ( I am board-certified surgeon as Dr. Thomas Reagan MD ) To 7/27/1972 ( first flight McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jet and I was primary test pilot for the first flight and for the United States Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter jet test program ) is 292 days


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-15_Eagle

F-15 Eagle

Role Air superiority fighter

Manufacturer McDonnell Douglas

First flight 27 July 1972

The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) F-15 Eagle is a twin-engine, all-weather tactical fighter designed to gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat. It is considered among the most successful modern fighters with over 100 aerial combat victories. Following reviews of proposals, the United States Air Force selected McDonnell Douglas' design in 1967 to meet the service's need for a dedicated air superiority fighter. The Eagle first flew in July 1972, and entered service in 1976.



http://www.boeing.com/history/mdc/eagle.htm

F-15 Eagle Tactical Fighter

First flight: July 27, 1972



http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=397

National Museum of the US Air Force

Home > Fact Sheets > McDonnell Douglas F-15A Eagle

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS F-15A EAGLE

The F-15 is a twin-engine, high-performance, all-weather air superiority fighter. First flown on July 27, 1972, the Eagle began entering the USAF inventory on Nov. 14, 1974.





From 3/14/1965 ( I am active duty United States of America Central Intelligence Agency officer ) to 11/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the United States STS-2 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan US Navy ) is: 6087 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 11/2/1975 ( I launched from Earth by myself to intercept Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system ) is: 6087 days



From 1/19/1976 ( United States of America congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 General of the Armies of the United States applies to me personally and professionally as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan US Navy ) to 11/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the United States STS-2 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan US Navy ) is 5 years 9 months 3 weeks 3 days

'59-33' ( my birth date US )



From 6/19/1968 ( my 1st United States Navy Medal of Honor date of record and I am US military fighter jet ace-in-single-day during Vietnam War ) To 11/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the United States STS-2 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan US Navy ) is 4894 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) To 7/27/1972 ( first flight McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle fighter jet and I was primary test pilot for the first flight and for the United States Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter jet test program ) is 4894 days



From 3/26/1976 ( my paternal grandmother Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom while at Royal Signals and Radar Establishment Malvern sends the first royal e-mail ) To 11/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the United States STS-2 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan US Navy ) is 2057 days

From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) To 3/3/1969 ( United States Navy Fighter Weapons School established ) is 2057 days



From 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted Comet Lucifer in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) to 11/12/1981 ( I was the commander aboard the United States STS-2 Columbia spacecraft as Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan US Navy ) is: 1959 days

'1959: 1959 March 3' ( my birth date US )


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-2

STS-2

Launch: November 12, 1981

Landing: November 14, 1981


STS-2 was a space shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle Columbia, launched November 12, 1981. This was the second space shuttle mission, and was also the second mission for the Space Shuttle Columbia. It was thus the first time ever that a manned reusable spacecraft left the earth for its second mission and returned to space.










JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Thu, April 6, 2006 2:45:44 PM

Subject: Re: Imaginary friend

I was disappointed I got only an hour of my imaginary girlfriend this morning. The previous 3 days of 4 hours was spoiling me.

Damn I am one bored loser homeless guy.

I literally almost expect someone to stab me in the back with a knife when someone walks behind me on the street. I don't know why that has started bothering me. I feel like my thought processes are still pretty normal, but I do think about a lot of stuff, got nothing else to do.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 6 April 2006 excerpt ends]





JOURNAL ARCHIVE: From: Kerry Burgess

To: Kerry Burgess

Sent: Mon, June 12, 2006 1:23:57 PM

Subject: Re: Journal June 12, 2006

Kerry Burgess wrote:

Early this morning, I suffered through about the first half-hour of Fast Times At Ridgemont High until I got bored and changed it.


[JOURNAL ARCHIVE 12 June 2006 excerpt ends]










From 7/21/1987 ( formal wedding ceremony for my wife Phoebe and me ) to 4/16/1996 ( Modest Mouse "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About" ) is: 3192 days

3192 = 1596 + 1596

From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) is: 1596 days



From 12/24/1968 ( I was United States Apollo 8 spacecraft United States Navy astronaut in orbit of Earth's moon ) to 4/16/1996 ( Modest Mouse "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About" ) is: 9975 days

From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 6/25/1986 ( United States President Ronald Reagan - Proclamation 5506—National Homelessness Awareness Week 1986 ) is: 9975 days


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_a_Long_Drive_for_Someone_with_Nothing_to_Think_About

This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About

Studio album by Modest Mouse

Released April 16, 1996

Track listing


16. "Space Travel Is Boring"










http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/modestmouse/spacetravelisboring.html

MODEST MOUSE LYRICS

"Space Travel Is Boring"

Won herself a pass to some far off moon
It was second class but what's to lose
And looking out her window she could more than assume
That you can't see air or time
She's the only rocketeer in the whole damn place
They gave her a mirror so she could talk to a face
She still got plenty lonely but that's just the case
With time, time, time
Started hearing voices sometime in June
She knew she could go crazy but didn't think that soon
Now she doesn't feel lonely but she'd just as soon
Try, try, try try
Man shot to the moon
I read a paperback and want to come home soon
I'm shot to the moon
Been there a half an hour, I want to come home soon










http://www.online-literature.com/bible/Revelation/

Literature Network>The Holy Bible>Revelation

Revelation

Revelations


7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.










http://www.angelfire.com/movies/closedcaptioned/rightstuff-s.txt

THE RIGHT STUFF


WHEN I MET YOU,

YOU WERE
ALREADY A PILOT,

SO I NEVER HAD
A COMPLAINT COMING.

WHEN YOU WENT UP
IN THOSE PLANES,

ME AND THE KIDS...

WE NEVER
HAD ANY INSURANCE

EXCEPT A COUPLE
MONTHS' PAY

IN CASE ANYTHING
EVER HAPPENED.

I ALWAYS HATED
ALL THAT TALK
ABOUT INSURANCE.

THE GOVERNMENT
SPENDS ALL KINDS
OF TIME AND MONEY

TEACHING YOU PILOTS
TO BE FEARLESS, BUT...

THEY DON'T SPEND
A GOD DAMN PENNY

TEACHING YOU HOW
TO BE THE FEARLESS WIFE
OF A TEST PILOT.

BUT I GUESS
I LIKED IT.

I GUESS I LIKED
THE KIND OF MAN

WHO COULD
PUSH THE OUTSIDE
OF THE ENVELOPE.

FLY-BOY.

BUT I NEVER COULD
STAND A MAN

WHO WAS ONE OF THOSE
"REMEMBER WHENS."

THOSE BITTER GUYS
THAT JUST SIT AROUND

THINKING
ABOUT OLD TIMES.

IF I EVER SEE
THAT HAPPENING...

I'M GOING RIGHT OUT
THE FRONT DOOR...

AND YOU'LL
NEVER CATCH ME.

YOU KNOW,
I'M A FEARLESS MAN,

BUT I'M SCARED
TO DEATH OF YOU.

OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT...

BUT YOU OUGHT TO BE.