Famous Eagle Scouts- Logic 3o3 Mystery Cache
Hidden : 9/15/2012
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Placed in Celebration of The Heart of Virginia's 100th Anniversary in 2013.

Of the 312 pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959, at least 207 have been identified as having been Scouts or active in Scouting. The list includes 39 Eagle Scouts, 25 Life Scouts, 14 Star Scouts, 26 First Class Scouts, 17 Second Class Scouts, 13 Tenderfoot Scouts, 3 Explorers, 25 Cub Scouts, 10 Webelos Scouts, 1 King’s Scout, 2 Wolf Scouts, and 32 with unknown ranks, including 27 who were Girl Scouts.

Of the 24 men to travel to the moon on the Apollo 9 through Apollo 17 missions , 21 were Scouts, including 10 of the 12 men who physically walked on the moon's surface, and all three members of the crew of Apollo 13. Three travelled to the Moon twice.
The Astronauts-
Neil Armstrong
Charles Duke
Roger Chaffee
William McCool
Ellison Ozinuka
James Lovell


Some of the Vehicles they Flew:
AS-204
EA-6B
F-2H
F-84
F-101
X-15



Years they earned their Eagle Scout Award-

1943, 1947, 1951, 1962, 1975, 1977

They flew into space on some of these-

Apollo 1(sadly it was lost in a fire during a test killing all three astronauts on board all of whom were scouts)
Apollo 11
Apollo 13
Apollo 16
Shuttle Columbia
Shuttle Challenger


Some of the jobs they held:
First to set foot on the moon, first to fly to the moon twice, test pilot, Photographic Squadron, Electronic Warfare, Test Engineer.


The pilot who flew the f2h earned his eagle in the 1940s and was from Ohio.
The first man to set foot on the moon flew the 4000 mph X-15 and was one of two men born in Ohio.
The two astronauts from Ohio earned their eagles in 1947 and 1943
Charles Duke was born in North Carolina
Neil Armstrong flew in Apollo 11 and was born in Ohio.
Roger Chaffee, who perished in the fire on Appollo 1, earned his Eagle Scout before 1960 and flew the AS-204
William McCool did not earn his eagle in 51 or 75, was specialist in eletronic warfare.
The Astronaut who flew on the Challenger earned his Eagle in 1962 and was born in Hawaii.
The commander of Apollo 13 earned his Eagle in 1943, was the first to fly to the moon twice, did not fly the 101 or f84.
The Photographic Squadron was from Michigan and earned his eagle after 1950
The astronaut on Columbia was not from Michigan or North Carolina.
The Astronaut on Columbia was not from Michigan or North Carolina.
Apollo 16 was a test pilot and not from Michigan or Ohio
The test engineer was not from California


Now that you have solved the puzzle, here is how you get the coords. Find the digit mentioned of the year they earned their Eagle Scout.

N 37° (Last Digit of man who walked on moon twice)(Last digit of the F101 pilot).(2nd Digit of Neil Armstrong)(Last Digit of Testing Engineer)(3rd digit of the challenger astronaut)
W 077° (Last digit of Apollo 13 Astronaut)(Second digit Apollo 1).(3rd digit photo squadron)(3rd digit X-15)(Last Digit F2H)
Happy hunting!

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Links at all five puzzles are below:
1o1- http://coord.info/GC3WVD9
2o2- http://coord.info/GC3WVDJ
3o3- http://coord.info/GC3WVCZ
4o4- http://coord.info/GC3XPVJ
5o5- http://coord.info/GC3XCD0

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