Tag: Robert “Hoot” Gibson

Hoot Gibson Recounts His Career, Looks Ahead Toward Space Tourism Gig

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Doug Messier
on March 19, 2009, at 5:22 pm
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Air & Space Magazine has a cool profile for four-time shuttle pilot Robert “Hoot” Gibson, who has flown 111 types of aircraft during his long career. The story reviews his early flying career, his adventures as a NASA astronaut, and his post-shuttle career racing airplanes:

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Ah Hoot, If You Had Only Landed a Plane in the Hudson….

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Doug Messier
on March 17, 2009, at 8:39 pm
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An interesting story on the Air & Space website about former space shuttle pilot Robert “Hoot” Gibson – who has flown four shuttle missions and a total of 111 types of aircraft. In spite of all that, it seems he can’t get a job flying tourists on short jaunts into space:

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