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Insert: N4BQW Charles Brady, astronaut Insert: N4HDP USAF Col (ret) Joe Kittinger, pilot First to fly faster than the speed of sound without an aircraft (in free fall test jump from a high altitude balloon in late 50's) First to cross the Atlantic solo in a balloon. >N4KET David French, CNN newsman (K4... ?) Now with the PAO at CIA >N4RH Ralph Haller, FCC PRB chief Insert: N5QWL Jay Apt, astronaut Insert: N5RAW Steve Nagel, astronaut Insert: N5RAX Linda Godwin, astronaut and XYL of N5RAW >N5YYV Kathy Sullivan, Chief Scientist NOAA (former astronaut) >N6FUP Stu Cook[s], baseball player Stu Cook, not Cooks >N6GGM Laura, XYL of N6FUP >N6KGB Stewart Granger (born James Stewart), actor >VK2BL Graham Connelly, radio announcer >VK2DIK Dick Smith, entrepreneur & millionaire >VK2IG Dave Grey, Deputy Commissioner (???) >VK2KB Sir Allan Fairhall, politician >VK2YOW Bob Hughes, radio announcer >VR6TC Tom Christian, great**n-grandson of Fletcher Christian >VU2RG Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (SK) >VU2SON Sonia Gandhi, XYL of VU2RG >W0ORE Tony England, astronaut >W2TQ Joel Miller, IEEE lawyer >W3ACE Armin Meyer, US Ambassador to Japan >W4ZG Worth Gruelle, started Raggedy Ann and Andy >W5LFL Owen Garriot, astronaut >W6EZV General Curtis LeMay (SK) >W6FZZ Samuel F.B. Morse III >W6JKV James Treybig, CEO of Tandem >W6QHS President of California Microware >W6QYI Cardinal Roger Mahony >W6ZH Herbert Hoover Jr (son of ARRL Pres, grandson of US Pres) >W8JK John Kraus (astronomer?) >WA2MKI Larry Ferrari, organ player >WA4CZD Chet Atkins, GUITAR PLAYER (alright! alright!) >WA4SIR Ron Parise, astronaut >WA6TJM President of ISD Inc >WB4KCG Ronnie Milsap, singer >FO0MB Marlon Brondo (Actor) Typo? New/old call? What? See FO5GJ above.
Callsign Name Details
7L2NJY Dr Mamoru Mohri Japanese astronaut
9K2CS Prince Yousuf Al-Sabah
9N1MM Father Marshall Moran Missionary (SK)
A41AA Qaboos Bin Said Al-Said Sultan of Oman (In callbook as A4XAA)
EA0JC Juan Carlos King of Spain
FO5GJ Martin Brandeaux aka Marlon Brando Actor (SK), in callbook as FO8GJ (see also FO0MB below)
G2DQU Lord Rix (formerly Sir Brian) former actor and charity head
G3TZH Tony Dolby Brother of "the" Dolby
G3YLA Jim Bacon OBE Weatherman
GB1MIR Helen Sharman Astronaut
HS1A Bhumiphol Adulayadej King of Thailand
I0FCG Francesco Cossiga Former President of Italy
JA5FHB Japanese Minister for Transport and Communications
JY1 King Hussein of Jordan SK, JY1 also held reciprocal call EP1JY in Iran
JY1NH Noor Alhussein Queen and XYL of JY1
JY2 Queen of above
K0HWY Tex Beneke Band leader
K1OKI Mickey Schulhof Head of Sony US
K2HEP John Sculley CEO of Apple
K2ORS Jean Shepard author
K4LIB Arthur Godfrey TV performer (SK)
K6DUE Roy Neal Television reporter
K7TA Clifford Stoll Author & scientist
K7UGA Senator (US) Barry Goldwater (SK)
KB2GSD Walter Cronkite, news reader
KB2OOR William T. Godbey aka "Havana Moon" (SK)
KB6LQR Jeana Yeager Voyager '86 pilot
KB6LQS Dick Rutan Voyager '86 pilot
KB6OLJ Paul J Cohen Mathematician
KC4OCA Gordon Barnes Weatherman
KD4WUJ Patty Ramey, aka Patti Loveless Country singer
KB5YSQ Charlie Precourt Astronaut
KC5CKM Richard Searfoss Astronaut
KC5ETH Ronald Sega, astronaut
KC5HBR Jerry Linenger, astronaut
KC5RSY Scott Parazynsky, astronaut
KC5TIE Carl Walz, astronaut
KC5TZQ John Blaha, astronaut
KD6BUP James Treybig Jr, son of W6JKV?
KD6OY Garry Shandling, comedian
KC7NHZ Susan Helms, astronaut
KG7JF Jeff Duntemann Author
LU1SM Carlos Saul Menem President of Argentina
N6YOS Priscilla Presley Former wife of Elvis Presley
NK7U Joe Rudi, baseball player
ON1AFD Count Dirk Frimouth, Belgian astronaut
S21A Head of Bangladeshi PTT
SU1VN/P Prince Talal of Saudi Arabia
SV2ASP/A Monk Apollo
U2MIR/UV3AMMusa Manarov, cosmonaut
UA1LO Yuri Gagarin, cosmonaut (SK)
W4LAA Paul Kangas, host of "Nightly Business Report" on PBS
WB6ACU Joe Walsh Singer
WB6RER Andy Devine Actor (SK)



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