Because Of The Suit I Was Wearing,

The Pilot Looked At His Cues Of Attitude And Speed And Orientation And So On And Responded As He Would From The Same Cues In An Airplane, But There Was No Way It Flew The Same. The Simulators Had Showed Us That.

Obviously I Was Challenged By Becoming A Naval Aviator, By Landing Aboard Aircraft Carriers And So On.

On The Periscope . . . . What A Beautiful View. Cloud Cover Over Florida - Three To Four Tenths Near The Eastern Coast. Obscured Up To Hatteras . . . I Can See [lake] Okeechobee. Identify Andros Island. Identify The Reefs.

Then There Was The Challenge To Keep Doing Better And Better, To Fly The Best Test Flight That Anybody Had Ever Flown. That Led To My Being Recognized As One Of The More Experienced Test Pilots, And That Led To The Astronaut Business.

I Think First Of All You Have To Be There For The Right Reason.