Jeden z niewielu astronautów, którzy używali MMU.Robert Stewart: first Army pilot to fly in spaceFeb. 2, 1984 By OLIVE TALLEY
There was, however, a time when it looked like the former Hattiesburg, Miss., resident would never get the chance to learn to fly.
'My mother was absolutely against it ... I went to the public library in Hattiesburg and checked out every book on aviation I could find. And everywhere mother looked -- under a pile of dirty clothes on the floor -- there was a book on aviation. I stuck them in the refrigerator and everywhere around there,' Stewart recalled.
'She finally said 'I give up. I'm through harassing and being harassed. Go fly if you want to.''
Stewart got his private pilot's license in 1960 as a senior in high school. Part-time civilian flying jobs earning him extra money while earning a math degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1964. (...)
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