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NASA Dryden research pilot Gordon Fullerton flies his final mission in NASA F/A-18B #852 in formation with NASA F/A-18A #850 on Dec. 21, 2007.

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Research pilot and astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton capped an almost 50-year flying career with a final flight in an F/A-18.

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