Re: Best shuttle pilot?

Jorge R. Frank drukte met precisie uit :
Alan Erskine wrote:
John Young for my money; he flew Gemini, Apollo and STS. Crippen second; he
only flew STS a couple of times.

Crippen flew four shuttle flights.

Crippen flew it first from orbit to landing. However, I do not know if he was helped by computers or not...


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