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David Mackay

Scottish Aviator

Born: 1957

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I can still remember them wheeling the black and white TV sets into our classroom at school so we could watch the men landing on the Moon, and that obviously had a huge impact. I later found out those people flying Apollo were ex-military test pilots, so I decided to join the Air Force and become a test pilot. David Mackay

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From a very early age, I wanted to fly aeroplanes. David Mackay

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I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic. David Mackay

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By my mid-30s, I just thought, 'This is not going to happen. I am never going to become an astronaut in the U.K.' David Mackay

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I thought any chance I had of space travel would be military or government-controlled. David Mackay

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