Originally Posted by
TukwillaFlyboy
There are several websites that have the audio from the LM and Flight Control.
The way the landing was controlled from PDI to Touchdown still gives me a lump in my throat after all these years.
It was a privilege to watch it happen.
Pure genius.
Entirely agree. It was nail-biting and exhilarating at the time. Like you I still get a lump in my throat and prickling of the eyes hearing those words..
The calm way all those involved impressed me very much - and like many others I tried in my own small way to behave like that; prepare well and stay calm when things go wrong. It seemed (and still seems) an honour to be a very small part of that same community of pilots & engineers.
Superb engineering and a wonderful human achievement by people who believed in the capability and in themselves. he lack of any feasible back up plans for many of the elements of the flights - would we dare to do this now? So many things were singled down.
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