Biography
Flight Statistics
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"...a test pilot's test pilot..."
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- More than 15,275 hours flying time in props, jets,
helicopters, rocket jets and spacecraft
- More than 9200 hours flying time T-38s and spacecraft
"...like my old flight instructor
used to say, 'You don't learn nothing on the ground.'"
- John Young, Florida Today,
4-10-96
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Young and Crippen over the launch area
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"a real golden arm pilot and
everything you'd want in a test pilot--smart, understands the
engineering, knows the difficulties, trusts the engineers, and has a
tremendous sense of humor."
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- More than 15,000 hours training time, mostly in
simulators and simulations
"An old test pilot's adage is that if a red light flashes, tap it with a hammer to
see if it goes out. Young went one better - he kicked the control panel
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- from "The Space Program Quiz & Fact Book", page 77
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Young after practicing in the STA
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- 6 space flights
Gemini 3
Gemini 10
Apollo 10
Apollo 16
STS-1
STS-9
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"I am one of the luckiest men
in America because I take trips into space and call it work."
- John Young
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- 835 hours in space flights
- 2 flights to the Moon
- Apollo 10 (in orbit)
- Apollo 16 (lunar landing)
- One of the 12 moonwalkers
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STS-1 crew arrival at Patrick AFB
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Art copyright Ed Hengeveld
Reprinted with permission
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"They call us moonwalkers, but
they ought to call us moonworkers - 'cause that's what we did..."
- John Young, October 16, 1998
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