RIP William Pogue, Skylab 4 Pilot

Wikipedia notes the death of WR Pogue at the age of 84.

He was the pilot of the final Skylab mission, 84 days in 1973-1974.

Prior to that, his career in the Air Force included time in the
Thunderbirds, a 2-year assignment as a test pilot in Great Britain
under the USAF/RAF Exchange Program, and instructor of research pilots.

Post-flight, he was the author of several books, including _How Do You
Go To The Bathroom In Space_.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_R._Pogue

Ad Astra, sir!

/dps

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On 3/7/2014 1:59 AM, Snidely wrote:
Wikipedia notes the death of WR Pogue at the age of 84.

William R Pogue was a Group 5 astronaut selected in April 1966. Charlie
Duke was a "classmate".

See also:

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio_former.html
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/pogue-wr.html

William R. Pogue (Jan. 23, 1930 - Mar. 3, 2014)

Ad Astra,
Dave