Shuttle Pilot & small world.

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I became friends with a co-pilot, Bill Ehmig, at Glasgow AFB, MT in the late 60's. The pilot on the current Shuttle mission is his wife's nephew.
Bill and his wife visited him during his tour at Star City Russia. The also went to the Cape for the launch.

http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123124041

At the Helm: Air Force Col. Eric Boe, a senior member of the Civil Air Patrol, took the flight controls for the Endeavor on mission STS-126, launched Nov. 14 on its way to support the International Space Station. It marked Boe's first space voyage since joining NASA's astronaut force in 2000. The 1987 Air Force Academy graduate began his flying career at age 16 with a CAP encampment in Georgia. He has flown more than 45 different aircraft in the Air Force, logging more than 4,000 flight hours. (Air Force report; CAP report)

From AF Daily Report 17 Nov 08