{"id":321,"date":"2019-11-07T21:01:23","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T21:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pimaair.wpengine.com\/?post_type=hall_of_fame&#038;p=321"},"modified":"2019-12-30T11:18:40","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T18:18:40","slug":"francis-r-dick-scobee","status":"publish","type":"hall_of_fame","link":"https:\/\/pimaair.org\/hall-of-fame\/francis-r-dick-scobee\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis R. &#8220;Dick&#8221; Scobee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Francis R. &#8220;Dick&#8221; Scobee<\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame<\/strong><br \/><strong><em><span style=\"color: #2387c3;\">Enshrined 1998<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Francis R. \u201cDick\u201d Scobee was born in Cle Elum, Washington. He graduated from the University of Arizona with a BS in Aerospace Engineering and a commission as 2nd Lt in the USAF in 1965.<\/p>\n<p>Dick completed Air Force Flight training and served a combat tour as a pilot in Vietnam in 1966. In 1972 he graduated from the USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California and worked on the test programs for the Boeing 747, X-24B, the (TACT) F-111, and the C-5A.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Francis-R-Dick-Scobee.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dick was selected as an Astronaut candidate and completed training in 1979 and was rated as Astronaut and as Instructor Pilot on the NASA\/Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Plane. In April 1984 he flew as pilot on shuttle Mission STS-41-C. On Jan. 28, 1986, Dick was Challenger Spacecraft Commander on Mission STS-51-L launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. 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