Last Updated: 11 Aug, 2023 | Views: 510
Age: 51
Profession: Astronaut
Other Profession(s): Politician, Mechanical Engineer, Rocket Scientist
Famous For: Former American NASA astronaut
Higher Education: University of Hartford (MBA)
About (Profile/Biography):
Jack Swigert is a well-known American NASA astronaut and test pilot born in Colorado. One of the 24 astronauts who made it to the Moon was John Leonard "Jack" Swigert Jr., an American. Swigert was utterly enthralled by aviation as a child in the 1930s and early 1940s. He began taking flying lessons while working as a newspaper boy and earned his private pilot's license by the time he was 16. In the latter nation, he had his first plane disaster. After completing his regular duty, he joined the Massachusetts and Connecticut Air National Guard as a jet fighter pilot.
Career:
Swigert spent most of his adolescence in the vicinity of Combs Field, a little airstrip in Denver, and the entire day watching the planes take off.
By 14, Swigert had grown deeply interested in airplanes and was no longer content to observe them merely. He desired to fly one while inside.
Swigert started distributing newspapers to raise money for his flying lessons after realizing how expensive they were.
Swigert had already obtained a private pilot's certificate by the time he reached 16 years old.
In 1953, Jack Swigert enlisted in the US Air Force right away. At the Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, he finished the Pilot Training Program and went to the Gunnery School.
Swigert had his first career collision while he was in Korea. Thankfully, he was able to escape the collision with minor wounds.
Achievements and Awards:
Before NASA called it, Swigert was also one of North American Aviation's engineering test pilots.
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame and the International Space Hall of Fame recognized Swigert posthumously in 1983 and 1997, respectively.
Unknown facts:
Swigert worked in the same position for the Connecticut and Massachusetts Air National Guards (1957–1960). (1960–1965).
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