Редактирование: Christopher Altman (раздел)

===Flight training===
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Altman is a type-rated glider pilot. In Delft he was an active member of the Delft Student Aeroclub, a glider and sailplane association founded in 1931 under joint sponsorship from TU Delft and the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Koninklijke Luchtmacht). His lead flight instructor, Mark de Jonge, veteran F-16 pilot with the Royal Netherlands Air Force, twice deployed to Afghanistan flying one of four F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to Operation Enduring Freedom as part of the 1st Netherlands-Norwegian European Participating Forces Expeditionary Air Wing (1 NLD/NOR EEAW). In the heat of combat, de Jonge's wingman was shot down—not once, but twice by surface-to-air (SAM) missiles—the same pilot narrowly ejecting to safety on both occasions.<ref>[https://magazines.defensie.nl/vliegendehollander/2017/10/07_c-17-van-heavy-airlift-wing-in-swift-response Tactische transporters]. Dutch Ministry of Defense, The Netherlands (Accessed 2018-03-01).</ref> In a post-flight debriefing, Altman notes the incident as “a poignant example for maintaining situational awareness at all times—when a split second can mean the difference between life and death.”<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/altman/28030166219%7C Flight Training: Capt Mark de Jonge, F-16 Fighting Falcon]. Photo Album (Accessed 2018-03-01).</ref>
[[File:Astronauts_disembark_G-Force_One_at_NASA_Ames.png|border|right|308x308px|Astronauts Daniel Barry (''left''), Soyeon Yi (''center''), and '''Christopher Altman''' aft of G-Force One following a parabolic flight at NASA Ames in 2009. Altman and Yi are now both active commercial scientist-astronauts with the [[Association of Spaceflight Professionals]]]]
[[File:Yi+Malenchenko+Whitson_at_ISS_08Apr17_(NASA-ISS016-E-036365).jpg|border|thumb|300x300px|<small title="Burt Kaliski">KARI Astronaut Soyeon Yi with NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson (''right''), Expedition 16 commander, and Russian Federal Space Agency cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (''center''), flight engineer, on the International Space Station in April 2008</small>]]