I'm giving her all she has got Capt'n

tobefree

March 31, 2007 04:02

The remains of actor James Doohan, who played the starship Enterprise's chief engineer Scotty on "Star Trek," will be blasted into space next month, the company organizing the flight said on Friday.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070330/en_nm/scotty_dc

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  1911a1-fan

  March 31, 2007 04:42

  i was hoping this was a NSFW subject

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  Warpig883

  March 31, 2007 04:56

  quote:Originally posted by 1911a1fan
  i was hoping this was a NSFW subject
  
  
  It could be but those are some pictures I don't want to see.

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  mrseatle

  March 31, 2007 07:13

  
  
  At the outbreak of World War II, aged 19, he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery, and was eventually commissioned as a lieutenant. His first combat assignment was the invasion of Normandy at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers along the way, Doohan's unit made its way to higher ground and took defensive positions. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his middle right finger. The chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case; he would later generally hide the amputated finger on screen. Despite his wounds, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and flew an artillery observation plane, though he was once labeled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces".

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  tobefree

  March 31, 2007 09:25

  quote:Originally posted by mrseatle
  
  
  
  At the outbreak of World War II, aged 19, he joined the Royal Canadian Artillery, and was eventually commissioned as a lieutenant. His first combat assignment was the invasion of Normandy at Juno Beach on D-Day. Shooting two snipers along the way, Doohan's unit made its way to higher ground and took defensive positions. At 11:30 that night, he was machine-gunned, taking six hits: four in his leg, one in the chest, and one through his middle right finger. The chest bullet was stopped by his silver cigarette case; he would later generally hide the amputated finger on screen. Despite his wounds, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and flew an artillery observation plane, though he was once labeled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces".
  
  
  I'm glad his wish for his ashes to spend eternity in space will be realized.

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  Colt Super

  March 31, 2007 10:47

  A fitting tribute to a good man.
  
  Doug

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