WEST YORKSHIRE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
CARLETON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
PRESENTED
A LECTURE BY:
JACK 'TRIPLE' NICKEL- NASA RESEARCH PILOT.
AT
CARLETON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL
PONTEFRACT
ON
THURSDAY APRIL 26TH 2007

All fighter pilots get a nick-name and Jack Nickel became known as 'Triple' Nickel. He joined the United States Air Force as a fighter pilot and for 25 years flew such aircraft as the F-4C/D Phantom,AT-38B Talon, F-15 Eagle and the F16 Fighting Falcon. He retired in 1997 at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Triple joined NASA Flight Operations in 1989 as a research pilot at the Johnson Space Centre, Houston. His current NASA duties include teaching astronaut pilots how to land the Space Shuttle in the Shuttle Training Aircraft. He also pilots the C-9 'Vomit Comet' which simulates weightless conditions, as part of the astronaut training programme.

A FANTASTIC NIGHT WAS HAD BY ALL!

Jack and the Wyas Gang