Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin left NASA and became a Baptist minister.
But this new plane was too complicated to be left to the memory of any pilot, however expert.
He left after two years to become a Navy pilot, flying combat missions in the Korean War and winning three medals.
But whereas existing equipment must be left behind if the aircraft goes down and the pilot becomes separated -- now they can take the technology on the hoof.
Officers believe Fay has left the UK and may be seeking work as a pilot or flying instructor.
Mr Roberts left teaching last year and is now retraining as a commercial pilot.
There are two crew - the pilot sitting in a narrow cockpit offset towards the left side of the fuselage.
He began writing while attending Dartmouth College, but he left in 1943 to enlist in the Navy, becoming a pilot and flight instructor.
The co-pilot contacted the airline's chief pilot by radio and it was agreed that the crew would use a "left-wing-down" technique ensuring the left main wheels touched down on the runway first, with the remaining right main wheel then being lowered onto the runway as gently as possible.
Taylor left Washington University (without a degree) to join the Navy, and served as a fighter pilot during World War II.
Torfaen council was left holding the laptops after buying more than 8, 500 in March 2011 under a Welsh government digital pilot project to help 14-16-year-old pupils.
Rounding out the crew is two-flight veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa (robotic arm operator and flight engineer), rookie pilot Rick Husband and the commander, Kent Rominger, flying his fourth mission and his first in the left seat.
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