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Old 9th Nov 2015, 10:04
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teeteringhead

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Landlocked - "I was only a ground tradesman"? No "only" about it - everybody had/has their job to do, from FJ pilot to cook!
Indeed so!!

I always remember the tale of Gus Grissom (IIRC) visiting a hangar (or NASA equivalent) at Cape Kennedy and talking to a bloke sweeping up.

GG: What do you do here?

Sweeper: I'm helping to put a man on the Moon! ......

...... and he was
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