1 / 7

Information about Vance Brand

Information about Vance Brand. PERSONAL DATA: Born in Longmont, Colorado, May 9, 1931. Married to the former Beverly Ann Whitnel. Two daughters and four sons. Enjoys running to stay in condition, hiking, skiing, and camping.

raheem
Download Presentation

Information about Vance Brand

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Information about Vance Brand PERSONAL DATA: Born in Longmont, Colorado, May 9, 1931. Married to the former Beverly Ann Whitnel. Two daughters and four sons. Enjoys running to stay in condition, hiking, skiing, and camping. EDUCATION: Graduated from Longmont High School, Longmont, Colorado; received a bachelor of science degree in Business from the University of Colorado in 1953, a bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from there in 1960, and a master's degree in Business Administration from the UCLA in 1964

  2. Information about Vance Brand • One of the 19 pilot astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, Brand initially was a crew member in the thermal vacuum chamber testing of the prototype Command Module and support crewman on Apollo 8 and 13. • Later he was backup command module pilot for Apollo 15 and backup commander for Skylabs 3 and 4. As an astronaut he held management positions relating to spacecraft development, acquisition, flight safety and mission operations. • Brand flew on four space missions; Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, STS 41-B, and STS-35. He has logged 746 hours in space and has commanded three Shuttle missions.

  3. Information about Vance Brand • SPACE FLIGHT EXPERIENCE: Apollo Soyuz: Brand was launched on his first space flight on July 15, 1975, as Apollo command module pilot on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. This flight resulted in the historic meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts.

  4. Information about Vance Brand • The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) was the last mission in the Apollo program • First joint flight of the U.S. and Sovietspace programs. The mission took place in July 1975. For the United States of America, it was the last Apollo flight, as well as the last manned space launch until the flight of the first Space Shuttle in April 1981.

  5. Vance Brand Airport • Airport Manager Tim Barth welcomes you to Vance Brand, one of the most popular general aviation airports of it's kind in Colorado. • AIRPORT OPERATIONS: • FACILITY USE: Open to the public SECTIONAL CHART: CheyenneCONTROL TOWER: no ARTCC: Denver CenterFSS: Denver Flight Service Station [1-800-WX-BRIEF] NOTAMs FACILITY: DEN (NOTAM-D service available) ATTENDANCE: Daylight HoursWIND INDICATOR: lighted SEGMENTED CIRCLE: yes LIGHTS: Dusk-Dawn / ACTVT MIRL RY 11/29 AND VASI RY 11/29 - CTAF. BEACON: white-green (lighted land airport

  6. Vance Brand Airport • AIRPORT SERVICES: • Other services: agricultural operations (aerial spraying), charter flights, flight instruction, skydiving, aircraftrental, aircraft sales

  7. Vance Brand Airport • http://www.longmontairport.com/benefits.htm • http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/apr/05/skydivers-killed-longmont-airport/

More Related