Legendary Air Force pilot who parachuted from 19 miles above Earth dead at 94

[Synthetrix]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/legendary-air-force-pilot-parachuted-19-miles-earth-dead-94

The jump footage was featured in the killer Boards Of Canada video for Dayvan Cowboy

 

[beerwolf]

I think one of the best things I've ever read on twoism was when a BOC fan got a book signed by Joe, contacted Warp and sent it to the brothers S. Thought that was a very great thing to do. Sterling work indeed  

Personally I think I would have tried to haggle some unreleased tunes out of them first 

Edited December 11, 2022 by beerwolf

[joshuatxuk]

He had quite a career after that jump. As an active duty USAF pilot he was assigned to Vietnam for combat on 3 tours with a total of 483 missions, the last of which he was shot down during and captured. After retiring in 1978 he got into ballooning and set records as a solo balloonist and consulted others in their efforts, including Felix Baumgartner in his jump. 

[beerwolf]

On 3/8/2023 at 3:02 AM, joshuatxuk said:

He had quite a career after that jump. As an active duty USAF pilot he was assigned to Vietnam for combat on 3 tours with a total of 483 missions, the last of which he was shot down during and captured. After retiring in 1978 he got into ballooning and set records as a solo balloonist and consulted others in their efforts, including Felix Baumgartner in his jump. 

Haven't seen you for a while joshuatxuk 

Though obviously not as elusive as BOC  

[joshuatxuk]

yeah it's been awhile, I haven't been online much here or elsewhere TBH