[R-390] OT Apollo 11 Mission

[eldim at att.net]

We were stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy on 20 July 1969 and heard it on Armed Forces Radio. If I recall, everyone was jumping with joy.  It is amazing how one can use his/her imagination to visually capture an event of this magnitude.  Unfortunately, we did not have TV service in that area.  
What a day in history some 40 years ago when I had just turned 26 and life was still one glorious excursion and adventure.  
73,
Glen (Battlestar) Galati, KA7BOJ, ex WB0AXK, DL4GG, HL9WA
Retired MSGT, USAF
-------------- Original message from rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> David, 
> 
> I was 19, in South East Asia. I went into the consolidated club for a 
> couple ham and cheese sandwiches after being out on patrol. 
> 
> They were showing it on AFRTS with the only TV in the entire outfit. 
> 
> I'm tickled for the hame and cheese, and astounded by what was going 
> on. I had absolutely NO idea what was happening in the rest of the world. 
> 
> Bob - N0DGN - USA Ret. 
> 
> wb5uom at hughes.net wrote: > Ok, its off topic, but you guys on here let me learn that the R-390 was used 
> in the Apollo Missions. 
> > 
> > So, I am curious, where were YOU - today 40 years ago? 
> > > I myself was 14 and was flying alone on a Braniff Flight over the Carribbean Ocean on my way to the Panama Canal Zone when the Pilot announced we had landed 
> on the moon. 
> > 
> > David/ WB5UOM 
> > 
> > 
> 
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