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informs us:
"Fort Lauderdale Walk of Fame
Background: Launched in 2010, this beachfront walkway features 14 diamond-shaped tiles highlighting some of Fort Lauderdale's biggest stars, as well as folks who helped make the city shine brighter. Look for it on State Road A1A, just north of Las Olas Boulevard, directly across from the popular beach hangout, Elbo Room.
Honorees: Entertainer Connie Francis (for the 50th anniversary of the all-time Spring Break movie, "Where the Boys Are"); tennis great Chris Evert and her father, Jimmy Evert (known as the "patriarch of tennis in Fort Lauderdale"); radio broadcaster Rick Shaw; and businessman H. Wayne Huizenga."
This one honors Brent Jett.
The tile reads:
"City of Fort Lauderdale
Proudly Honors
BRENT JETT, JR.
TEST PILOT - ASTRONAUT
SPACE SHUTTLE COMMANDER
CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
MAY 28, 2011"
Wikipedia (
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" Brent Ward Jett, Jr. (born October 5, 1958), (Capt, USN, Ret.), is a retired American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aerospace and aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut.
Personal data
Jett was born in Pontiac, Michigan, but considers Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to be his hometown. Married to Janet Leigh Lyon of Patuxent River, Maryland. His hobbies are water and snow skiing, board sailing, boating, running, basketball, and squash.
Education
1969: Bennett Elementary School, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1972: James S. Rickards Middle School, Oakland Park, Florida
1976: Graduated from Northeast High School, Oakland Park, Florida
1981: Received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the United States Naval Academy
1989: Received a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
Naval service
Jett was designated a Naval Aviator in March 1983, and reported to VF-101 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia for initial F-14 Tomcat training. Upon completion of this training, he was assigned to VF-74 and made overseas deployments to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean aboard the USS Saratoga. While assigned to VF-74, he was designated as an airwing qualified Landing Signal Officer (LSO) and also attended the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN).
Jett was selected for the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School – Test Pilot School Cooperative Education Program in July 1986, and completed 15 months of graduate work at Monterey, California, before attending the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in June 1989. After graduation in June 1990, he worked as a project test pilot at the Carrier Stability Department of the Strike Aircraft Test Directorate, Naval Air Test Center, flying the F-14A/B/D, T-45A, and A-7E. Jett returned to the operational Navy in September 1991 and was again assigned to VF-74, flying the F-14B aboard the USS Saratoga.
He has logged over 5,000 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft and has over 450 carrier landings."