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Cutler. armstrong served as a navy pilot during the korean war 1955 he signed on with the government's high speed flight station at edwards air force base in california. his 1st job was piloting chase planes during tests of experimental aircraft the flight station was home to some of the country's best airmen. they had the right stuff a combination of bravery and maci small that drove them to take on dangerous missions with aircraft that were still in the development stage. armstrong's interest in aircraft dates back to his early childhood he and his father once took a ride in a ford tri motor...

Never sought and it would also change his life forever. strong became a living legend in the history of space travel like a 20th century christopher columbus. but at the height of his popularity he voluntarily withdrew from public life. armstrong served as a navy pilot during the korean war in 1955 he signed on with the government's high speed flight station at edwards air force base in california. his 1st job was piloting chase planes during tests of experimental aircraft the flight station was home to some of the country's best airmen. they had the right

Technological reasons for that plane or just speed? >> it's both. and we have sensors on board that allow us to search the ocean both above and below water. we are con sen search now above the water search non-acoustic sensors, radar both out the window and via couple series of electrooptical cameras and infrared cameras in the flight station. >> in light of the fact that the area that's being searched about 1500 miles off the coast of perth, if the flight takes off from perth, it's going to take, what, about four hours to get there to the spot? >> it's taken us depending on winds 3 to three a...

We're going to attatake you ins and show why. while they wait for clearance, the crew goes own the plan to search 37,000 square nautical miles. the p-3 orion was originally designed for hunting submarines, but now looking for flight 370 in the indian ocean. the mission commander introduces us to some of the 11-man crew. this is the electronic operator. right now petty officer enriquez, in charge of running the radar system. >> reporter: you've already done five missions so far. can you run us through what you do with each mission? >> i run the radar, the madd system and the camera. so the rada...

System and the camera. the radar is a primary sensor for search. anything large in the water will show up on my radar. i'll take the camera, zoom in on it and make sure that it's nothing of interest. but if it's something that might be of interest, then we'll drop down low and use observers, the flight station and our eyes just to make sure that it's nothing that could be, you know, survivor wreckage or anything like that. >> atika shubert reporting. let's bring in the former assistant fbi director. pretty shocking that indonesia wouldn't let this u.s. plane -- they had to cancel the whole fli...