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[music]

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>> He was quiet.

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[X-15 ignition]

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>> He was a man of many talents.

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[radio chatter]

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>>He was also a good friend.

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>> He started flying when he
was 16 and in his mid-20s,

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he'd already had more than 70
combat flights, had bailed out.

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[prop airplane flyby]

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>> Willing to tackle anything...

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...best engineering test
pilot I ever worked with.

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He flew absolutely impeccably.

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>> He took me on my first
supersonic ride in a 104.

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[jet airplane flying]

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>> It was the greatest
flight I ever had.

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[radio chatter]

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[cockpit ambience]

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>> Every time an airplane flew
over, he would look up at it.

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[cockpit ambience]

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>> Pull!