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midnight / early morning..
It was in the middle of the night / early morning in the Netherlands and the tension was building up contineously -first the landing itself, then the EVA. I even considered putting my just 1 year old daughter in front of the television with her cradle but realized in time this would not do her any good, besides upsetting her mother. After some military flying experience I was training at the time for a civil instrument rating and was scheduled for a session in the socalled 'Link trainer' the next morning. Missing a normal night's sleep and feeling totally 'drained' I consequently overslept and didn't show up. This did cost me an official reprimand but somehow I never regretted it and wouldn't have missed it for the world! Ben.
1962 - Neil with X15
This message has been edited by B.de.Geus3 on 2009-06-11 04:32:52
Where were you in 1969?
Hello Everyone.... I am still running around like crazy. I am still going thru all my photos and videos from the Omega press event from last week. The above video Omega shown at the press event for the 40th annv. of the moon landing. I shot it with my dig...
I wasn't even a gleam in my father's eye...
...as I wouldn't make an appearance on the scene until the next decade, but I like your video very much! It seems as though we are enjoying more videos on the forum lately, which is festive. The Speedmaster is so iconic, and just a fantastic watch. My onl...
I lived...
I lived in a small town in Austria and I "watched every step" on TV. It was a very exciting decade - not only because of the space mission - music, politics, .... I enjoyed this decade very much! best erich
1969...
I was two years old living in Manchester in the UK, five years or so away from my first watch which was a Timex. I was too young to remember the journey to the moon, but I still think to go from the Wright Brothers to the moon in the same century is an am...
Peekaboo !!!
On the 23rd i slipped out of my mom's belly .... what ??? I'm two days late ??? Those guys are already on their way back ? Luckily i lived to see the landing of the Apollo XI at sea one day later Cheers, Filip...
I was...
I was 15, living in Queens, New York (I now live in the Mile High City of Denver - ROCK!!), and the Mets were on their way to the World Series and a championship (in the Fall of that year). Omega rocks, I am half-Swiss and had an aunt who worked for the b...
midnight / early morning..
It was in the middle of the night / early morning in the Netherlands and the tension was building up contineously -first the landing itself, then the EVA. I even considered putting my just 1 year old daughter in front of the television with her cradle but...
i was 20; lived in east berlin and studied economics.....
(communist economics that was......), wore an old glashuette watch ( no, not the flieger chrono), watched west german television; listened to AFN in west berlin; played in a band; watched the moon landing, yes; had a very good time without any worries; no...
I will always remember where I was and what I was doing that day. I was 20...
and my girlfriend had stopped by. We were in fact getting frisky on the couch when I called a halt to the proceedings to watch Armstrong walk on the moon. She didn't seem to think much of it, but I was electrified. I will never forget Armstrong's first st...
Well, let me think about it
Kissing my first girlfriend? Dreaming about myt next watch? 1969, you said? Heeeeerm, was just 4 years old, in May... A bit too young for these pleasures... Aaah, yes, I remember... Watching at the sky, a beautiful one, alone, admiring the stars, with a n...
That summer in July...
One of my "coming of age" summers. A lot happened, but I'll never forgot watching the moonwalk outdoors on the beach down in Baja California, a small black and white television hooked up to a car battery, and a group family and friends sitting on makeshif...
Cool video Bill, thanks for sharing...
as far as where I was in 1969, well, I was not to be born for another 4 years. Cheers Pedro
Not quite twelve, living in southwestern Iran . . .
. . . where my Dad was working in the oil industry . . . his boss had all the ex-pats over at his house the night of Apollo XI's return, and I remember tracking the re-entry with binoculars . . . reminiscently, Art
1969 - Most Memorable Year
Hi Bill, Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 1969 was a fantastic year for me. My fiance and I both finished college in June, and were married two weeks later. It was the start of a very "long and pleasantly memorable relationship". Bill, I loved your R...
I miss the RG co-ax as well.....
Hi I missed the rg co-ax as well... 1969.... I already wanted my brothers Speedy Pro!! Best Bill
I was born Oct 1969......
so this year is also my big anniversary so am looking for the special gift to myself...!!!! Any idea's..?? I have a 292 on the way but not sure when this year so any idea's on something else would be great - and yes I am considering a speedy..!! In fact I...
Was still in astral plane
but nevethless Sppedy is one of my all time favorite pieces and the watch that got me into all this :0)) My deep study of horology started when I saw Speemaster in watchmakers shop The adrenaline rush was awesome Best Damian
I wasn't around yet...
....it would be several years after the Apollo 11 before I appeared....not that it matters, the whole thing was a hoax anyway, even the Swiss were in on it
Although...
just two years old I remember watching Armstrong's firsts steps on the Moon..... At least I think so. My mother insisted that I watched it and that I remember it- I am not going to contradict her lol Great video and great post Cheers
it was not long before my 5th birthday so i dont remember any of it
the landing was early hours of the morning GMT so i was tucked up with my teddy and dreaming of who knows what. Nicolas, i think you might have been 5 not 4 if you were born in 64, but whats a year in a lifetime Andy, you know what you need. it speaks for...
Am a 80's boy...
Hi Bill, Thanks for the video...i'd always thought that i was born too late...tend to admire the things before much more than what they have now. Life could have been so much more exciting for me if i were to be born in the 60s perhaps? ...well just my th...
thats a great looking early...
thats a great looking early E30 Jacky. i've owned 3 over the years all from 1989. the last 2 were convertibles which i had about 3 years ago. one of the best 3 series ever made i think. best Graham