Col. Joe Kittinger - a gift for the brothers BOC

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So, this past weekend I took my nephew to an airshow. I'd never been, never thought I would go to one actually. Turned out to be pretty cool, some seriously impressive stunt flying and such. Lots of random booths and exhibits from aerospace manufacturers and secret/experimental government aircraft behemoths. But the coolest thing for me was an appearance by Colonel Joe Kittinger. He's the gent that jumped from a balloon from 102,800 feet and reached speeds over 600 mph on the way down. That guy.

But we here know him as the man from the "Dayvan Cowboy" video. So when the chance came to approach him, I had to ask about BOC etc. Turns out he has indeed seen the video, thoroughly enjoyed it, and owns several BOC albums! I thought that was pretty cool, especially for an 81 year old. He asked me lots of questions about them, which I did my best to answer. Super nice guy, loads of crazy stories. Spent quite awhile talking to him and his wife.

Anyway, I bought his autobiography - and had him sign it to Mike & Marcus. He loved the idea, and made me promise I would do my best to get it to them. He even gave me another copy to keep for myself.

So if anyone has solid mailing info (via WARP? Hexagon Sun PO Box still active?), let me know here or via PM.

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Very cool!

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That's pretty sweet
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I'd send a PM to mdg. He'd probably help if he ever comes around here.
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"The long, lonely leap" was a great read too, if youre lucky enough to find a copy somewhere.

Would love to meet that guy, super jealous.
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That's a really nice thing to do! Coincidentally their twitter account tweeted the Dayvan Cowboy yesterday, so you could try replying to that tweet.

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Daaaw this is so cute.

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That's really nice of you! I've forwarded this thread.

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This is just fantastic! Well played GroupHex and, naturally, Captain Joe. Not sure I could love that guy more than I do right now, what a legend!
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This is great! Hope you manage to get it into their hands.

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What a thoughtful thing to do. I hope you manage to get this to them somehow!

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Mailing info secured, thanks all.

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This is lovely, nice one Hex! Let us know if they send you any secret tapes back.. :lol:
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How very fucking cool!!

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this is awesome dude

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simply brilliant, such a cool thing to do 8)

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Very cool!
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Wow, amazing!

Now I have to find that couple from the Invocation video and get an autograph from them.
Sorry for my bad english.

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Berselius wrote:Wow, amazing!

Now I have to find that couple from the Invocation video and get an autograph from them.


You don't want anything that's been written in that guy's ink

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This is pretty awesome

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