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If you don't already subscribe, get to a newsstand and pick up the current issue of International Watch magazine. Chuck Maddox has his interview with the late Wally Schirra published! Well-done Chuck!!!

iWmagazine.com - Hurrah for Schirra
"Vintage chronograph collector Chuck Maddox spoke with Astronaut Walter “Wally” Schirra for International Watch on February 17th in Los Angeles. The meeting, made with assistance from Omega’s U.S. office in Weehawken, N.J., occurred just a few months before Schirra died of natural causes at the age of 84 on May 2. It was likely among his last face-to-face interviews.

Schirra was one of the original Mercury mission astronauts and is the only astronaut to have flown Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. He was selected as commander of Apollo VII to put NASA’s lunar program back on track after the Apollo I disaster. Schirra logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space. He teamed with CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite as a commentator for that network’s space program coverage from 1969 to 1975."
www.iwmagazine.com

Unfortunately my local Barnes and Noble doesn't have International Watch magazine on the rack right now.  Neither does Borders.  I read the teaser on iwmagazine.com and I'm looking forward to reading the entire interview.  I'm curious if anyone else has been able to get their hands on this issue yet?

Hi Kelly...

I have not as of yet will make a trip to the book store today.    I was in communication with Chuck when he did the interview  and from our conversation it will be excellent.  The great thing about Chuck he archives everything including the audio !!  ( hint hint ! ). 


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Bill Sohne

Hi Kelly

I found a copy at Barnes & Nobles ,  Boarders did not have it.   It took me about 10 mins to find it .  The weird thing was it was in the section with Town & Country and Vanity Fair !!   I took a pic with my cell phone.....




As soon as I get home i will give it a read!


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Bill Sohne

Thanks for the info Bill!  It's not where I would have expected to find International Watch magazine on the rack.  I'll swing by Barnes and Noble later this evening and look for it again--I probably just wasn't looking in the right place.  It looks like it will be a fascinating interview.

Hey Kelly
That is why I took a photo. If I just said it withut the photo... It would not have the same meaning!

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Bill Sohne