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Forger Stucky
@Stuck4ger
Test pilot/commercial astronaut who’s Forest Gumped his way through an amazing aerospace piloting career. Didn’t write “Test Gods”, just takes the blame ;)
Costa Mesa, CA
Joined February 2015
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    Forger Stucky
    @Stuck4ger
    Oct 2, 2023
    I’m on X for two main reasons - 1) to give unique insight into aerospace topics garnered from my unusually broad test pilot career. 2) To inject humor (usually sarcastic and sophomoric at best) in the hopes of getting at least one person to smile. Follow me if you want to live…
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    Forger Stucky
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    Nov 1, 2022
    Wow that was amazing, @SpaceX #FalconHeavy
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    Forger Stucky
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    Sep 9, 2023
    A few years ago we arranged for this collection of Burt Rutan designs to meet at Mojave for a unique heritage formation flight. Viggen-Charlie Spinelli / Brian Maisler Long-EZ- Mike Melvill Veri-EZ - Klaus Savier Defiant- Steve McShea Boomerang- Forger Stucky / Tres Clements
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    Forger Stucky
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    Aug 6, 2022
    I’d like to have heard the Tower’s clearance for this landing and taxi. If you have a choice between being lucky and good, why not take both?
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    Forger Stucky
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    Nov 20, 2022
    From David Attenborough FaceBook: This photo was taken by Nathan Province from a C-17 at about 40 minutes from Oahu, Hawaii. The unusual glow is from a sun angle below the horizontal plane illuminating shallow altocumulus clouds, generating a remarkable, unexpected view
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    Forger Stucky
    @Stuck4ger
    Nov 1, 2022
    Replying to @FOXWeatherDesk and @SpaceX
    Yes, I took the video but I don’t want it shared on @Fox because I don’t want a simple factual video to somehow be associated with heavily biased news.
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    Forger Stucky
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    Jul 2, 2021
    NASA wanted a close chase of the X-38 in gliding flight to calibrate the air data system. I used an F-16 with 3 empty fuel tanks for maximum drag. I also had the landing gear down, speed brakes out, & used full rudder and opposite aileron up to the few seconds of data collection.
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    Forger Stucky
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    Dec 14, 2024
    BREAKING - natives from the state of NJ look up for the first time and discover piloted aircraft! Next we’ll send them missionaries!
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    Kristy Tallman
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    Dec 14, 2024
    🚨‼️CRYSTAL CLEAR Broad Daylight Drone Sighting Stuns New Jersey Resident A crystal-clear video of a massive drone, filmed in broad daylight over New Jersey, is drawing attention as sightings of similar mysterious drones continue across six East Coast states. The unexplained
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    The example in post is a version of a TiltRotor type aircraft: "TiltRotor aircraft combine benefits of a helicopter & a fixed-wing aircraft into one Hybrid aircraft." community.infiniteflight.com/t/agustawestla… Huge variety of these vehicles exist. Some carry up to 9 people. Google images: shorturl.at/h5hYi
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    Forger Stucky
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    Feb 12, 2022
    I feel sorry for that dude that spent a year rendering V1
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    Everyday Astronaut
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    Feb 11, 2022
    Yeahhhh @elonmusk was right when he said Raptor 2 was a lot simpler than Raptor 1 🤯 that is hard to even recognize as a Raptor!!!! Incredible!!!
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    Forger Stucky
    @Stuck4ger
    Apr 14, 2023
    During my military and NASA flying days I never scheduled a photographer for me. Not once. Over a quarter of a century after the fact, I just got sent this photo of me taxiing out in the very cool F-16XL with an even cooler SR-71 in wait.
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    Forger Stucky
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    Mar 12, 2024
    My sister captured the @SpaceX #CrewDragon capsule reentry early this morning from our hometown, Salina, KS.
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    Forger Stucky
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    Apr 30, 2025
    Replying to @heatloss1986
    I was at the Army surplus store outside Mojave ~2009 and something on a top shelf caught my eye. “I bet you don’t know what that is!” the proprietor said. “Looks like an APG-65,” I replied. His jaw dropped.
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    Forger Stucky
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    May 29, 2024
    Saddened to hear of the passing of Soviet test pilot Anatoly Kvocher at age 72. He gained international recognition in the late ‘80s for his impressive MiG-29 flight demonstrations, one of which culminated in a very last-second ejection at the 1989 Paris Air Show due to a bird
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    Forger Stucky
    @Stuck4ger
    May 22, 2021
    I don’t normally post work stuff but it was great day for New Space in New Mexico Space! The team at Gateway to Space, Eve, and Unity knocked it out of the park today!
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    Virgin Galactic
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    May 22, 2021
    60 seconds of rocket burn, straight into space. #UNITY21 #VirginGalactic
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