Forger Stucky
@Stuck4ger
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Test pilot/commercial astronaut who’s Forest Gumped his way through an amazing aerospace piloting career. Didn’t write “Test Gods”, just takes the blame ;)
Costa Mesa, CA
Joined February 2015
I’m on X for two main reasons - 1) to give unique insight into aerospace topics garnered from my unusually broad test pilot career. 2) To inject humor (usually sarcastic and sophomoric at best) in the hopes of getting at least one person to smile. Follow me if you want to live….
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For some reason I find this hilarious.
Our homeowners association requires holiday decorations be taken down so many days after a holiday, but these neighbors keep a gigantic skeleton in their yard year-round. They skirt the rules by dressing it in the holiday decor of each month. In July, it is a giant Statue of
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A fan of aviation legend @BurtRutan or just want to learn more? Check out his online auto biography for his honest no-holds-barred autobiography.
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The F-4 windscreen rain removal system used engine bleed air to blow the rain off. If left sitting outside in the rain (or after washing) water collected in the ducting. A pilot could close the canopy while turning rain removal on & it would shoot water directly onto the RIO’s
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Giving is best when it’s appreciated.
Hands down ones of the most badass days of my life. Thank You Forger @Stuck4ger I will remember this forever.
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Great show in LA!
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A former colleague sent me this fascinating video of the recent Starship 9 boost that she filmed from a cruise ship. Retrograde venting is a fascinating visual phenomena, but likely not a good omen!
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OTD 2015 I went for a 4hr 15min soaring paragliding flight around the perimeter of Lake Annecy with a couple of friends. Definitely a fun day!
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After years in the sport but too busy juggling work & home priorities to pursue the dream, my buddy, Owen Morse, @ThePassingZone professional juggler & hang gliding world record holder, has earned a spot onto the 2025 U.S. Hang Gliding World Team & will be competing in the world.
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Thanks to Alexander Garnaev for providing the meat of the write-up to SETP.
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Famed Soviet test pilot Sergey Tresviatsky flew west on 27 May at age 71. Sergey had an unusually broad test piloting career, having conducted a wide range of aerodynamic & structural flight tests of the MiG-21, MiG-23, & Yak-38; and engine tests of the Su-15, Su-24, & MiG-29.
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It never ceases to amaze me that humankind has dreamt of flight since time immemorial and now we can fly with wings made of a few kilos of fabric. It was a fun way to start the weekend.
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If you’ve ever flown into Orange County John Wayne Airport SNA, you may have noticed the suspended hang gliders, courtesy of the world’s premier hang gliding manufacturing company, Wills Wing. The gliders get cleaned annually by a small team of “voluntold” enthusiasts, working in
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For some reason, the Edwards Air Base Wing Commander, Vietnam ace, Col DeBellevue, tasked me with identifying Chaos’ body as he lay nude on the metal gurney in the base hospital. There’s more to this story but it’s too long for X already. The China Lake base Commanding Officer.
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The MU-2 was carrying a load of Navy military ordnance technicians & a couple civilian experts to Edwards AFB because the Navy was borrowing an advanced air-to-air missile from the USAF F-15 test squadron and loading it on my F/A-18C. (A USN missile rail is essentially the same.
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🧵 Sadly, May 18th is also the anniversary of the death of USN Lt. Dave “Chaos” Garnett, a fellow F/A-18 test pilot, friend, and squadron mate who was piloting a Navy-leased twin-engine MU-2 prop commuter plane in support of… me. At the time, single-piloted operations were.
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