Posted on 04/30/2019 10:36:19 AM PDT by Richard from IL
Note... I don’t have any skin in the game and don’t mean to minimize your father’s achievements in any way. Thank God for him and all he did! It simply seems that there are more players on this team.
Your Father saved my marriage - my Wife & I would have never made it past our first road trip together.
Agreed. I point out people in my book who have been neglected such as Roy Anderson of GE.
Yes, some NRL vets from the 1950s-60s are working on an article which will respond to Gaylord in addition to declassifying a lot of new material. I’ve been sworn to secretary on the details, but there were other government agencies which played important roles prior to 73. Their part of the story has not been told up to now.
Secrecy not secretary
Had a feeling...
Peace!
I am proud to have been part of the testing of the GPS concept.
An on the ground version was tested at Yuma Proving Ground. I supported part of GPS testing in Panama.
That’s great. What years did you work on it?
My co-author Eric Frazier and I spoke at Air Force Command in 2016. Its then commander, Gen Hyten, introduced our main talk.
https://www.peterson.af.mil/News/Article/872821/authors-talk-gps-with-team-pete/
Happy birthday Roger!
May God rest his soul.
Because of your Dad
Many future generations will never know the horror of the final grilling before leaving any family gathering.
“so... how are you goin?”
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The testing done at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) on the concept would have been much earlier. I was told about the GPS concept test set up when I worked at YPG during the early 1990's.
Various points where transmitters of simulated GPS satellites had been emplaced were shown to me.
YPG personnel were justifiably proud in their contribution to GPS development.
re: “An on the ground version was tested at Yuma Proving Ground.”
Do you remember working with someone named Pat Shipley, from TI, on GPS out there at Yuma?
He worked at Yuma for TI during the testing in the (late) 1970’s. At that same time I was at the TI plant on Stemmons Freeway in Dallas doing GPS HDUE (High Dynamic User Equipment AKA “aircraft”/flying platform receivers) and MANPACK engineering test and support.
No, sorry, that was before I was assigned to Yuma Proving Ground.
Kudos to your dad, Richard. Much deserved honor.
A noteworthy achievement and contribution. Thank you for posting.
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