[amsat-bb] Sputnik 1, October 1957

[Pat Cox <peacox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My family had just relocated from Fort Ord, CA, to Fort Lewis, WA, near 
Tacoma, and if my memory serves me correctly the following Sunday night 
after launch everyone on post at Fort Lewis watched the night sky to see 
the space craft pass over Tacoma and the Pacific Northwest. My dad made 
us get up from watching "Walt Disney Presents," the old Sunday evening 
Disney program, and go outside and watch. I have been watching ever 
since. By the way if someone has access to the archives of the Tacoma 
News Tribune (TNT), the time of the expected pass and the course was 
published in the paper. I was all of 7 years old. Can it be that long 
ago? Pat, K4AVO
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