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Retired NASA Dryden research pilot Ed Schneider served as master of ceremonies at the retirement ceremony for NASA's B-52B, on Dec. 17, 2004. |
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ED04-0362-01 |
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December 17, 2004 |
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Retired NASA Dryden research pilot Ed Schneider served as master of ceremonies at the retirement ceremony for NASA's B-52B, on Dec. 17, 2004. Kevin Petersen, NASA Dryden director, Brig. Gen. Curtis Bedke, AFFTC commander, retired NASA Dryden pilot Fitz Fulton, current NASA pilot Gordon Fullerton, and AFFTC chief historian James Young also spoke at the ceremony. Regarded as having participated in more aviation history than any other single aircraft, NASA's famous B-52B mothership aircraft was retired on Dec. 17, 2004. A joint NASA and U.S. Air Force Flight Test Center ceremony marked the occasion, hosted at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
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| NASA Photo by: |
Tom Tschida |
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B-52, B-52B, NB-52B, stratofortress, retirement ceremony, Edwards Air Force Base, mothership, Retired NASA Dryden research pilot Ed Schneider, Kevin Petersen, NASA Dryden director, Brig. Gen. Curtis Bedke, AFFTC commander, retired NASA Dryden pilot Fitz Fulton, NASA pilot Gordon Fullerton, AFFTC chief historian James Young |
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