Hoot Gibson, The Man Who Can Fly Anything. From Top Gun To Astronaut | He Flew Over 160+ Airplanes скачать в хорошем качестве

Hoot Gibson, The Man Who Can Fly Anything. From Top Gun To Astronaut | He Flew Over 160+ Airplanes

A wonderful interview with Hoot Gibson. He is a Topgun pilot, Astronaut, air racer, instructor, engineer and much more. This is the first part of a series of interviews with him, followed by a wonderful, intimate documentary about Bob Hoover, a true aviation legend. Hoot has flown more than 160 airplanes.Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. He was also an astronaut, he broke records and flew over 160 airplanes!. He is active as a professional pilot, racing regularly at the annual Reno Air Races. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2013, and has received several military decorations throughout his career. Gibson entered active duty with the U.S. Navy in 1969. He was commissioned through the Aviation Officer Candidate School (AOCS), and proceed to flight training. He received basic and primary flight training at Naval Air Station Pensacola and Naval Air Station Saufley Field, Florida, and Naval Air Station Meridian, Mississippi. He completed advanced flight training at Naval Air Station Kingsville, Texas and was assigned to Fighter Squadron 121 (VF-121) at Naval Air Station Miramar, California for replacement training in the F-4 Phantom II. While assigned to Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) and Fighter Squadron 1 (VF-1) from April 1972 to September 1975, he saw duty aboard the aircraft carriers USS Coral Sea and USS Enterprise, flying combat missions in Southeast Asia in the F-4 with VF-111 and making the initial operational carrier deployment of the F-14 Tomcat with VF-1. He is a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School, also known as "TOPGUN." Gibson became an astronaut in August 1979. Gibson flew five Space Shuttle missions: STS-41-B in 1984, STS-61-C in 1986, STS-27 in 1988, STS-47 in 1992, and STS-71 in 1995. Gibson left NASA in November 1996 and became a pilot for Southwest Airlines. In 2006, as reported by NASA Watch, Gibson was forced to retire as mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration for commercial airline pilots. Gibson has publicly spoken out against federal regulations which require airline pilots to retire at age 60. In December 2006, he joined the Benson Space Company as chief operating officer and chief test pilot. Gibson has flown 111 different aircraft types,and has become a regular competitor at the annual Reno Air Races. In 1998, Gibson flying the Hawker Sea Fury "Riff-Raff" won the Unlimited Class in the Inaugural Running of the EAA AirVenture Cup Race. Awarded the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) "Louis Blériot Medal" (1991 and 2004) Awarded the "Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal" by the FAI Awarded the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) "Freedom of Flight" Award (1989) U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame (2003) National Aviation Hall of Fame (2012) Established FAI world records for "Altitude in Horizontal Flight," Airplane Class C1A in 1991, "Time to Climb to 9000 Meters" in 1994 and "Speed over a closed course" in 2004. Awarded the William F. Shea award for contribution to aviation from the University of Nebraska-Omaha Aviation Institute (2012) U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame (2012) Military awards include the: Defense Superior Service Medal Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal (3) Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V" Navy Unit Commendation Meritorious Unit Commendation National Defense Service Medal (2) Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Humanitarian Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Campaign Medal #topgun #hootgibson #aviation