On a hot July night 50 years ago this month, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were poised to make the most momentous landing in the history of aviation. Yet flying at 5300 feet per second 50,000 feet above the lunar surface, neither felt nor heard a thing, so gentle was the ignition of Eagle’s descent engine.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/insider/apollo-memories-where-were-you