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Stephen Thorne is a retired United States Navy aviator and test pilot. He was born on 11 February, 1953 in Frankfurt, Germany. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1975 and was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy. He served as a Naval Aviator and test pilot for over 20 years, flying a variety of aircraft including the F-14 Tomcat, F/A-18 Hornet, and F-16 Fighting Falcon. Thorne retired from the Navy in 1997 and went on to become a consultant and instructor for the Navy and Marine Corps. He has also served as a consultant for the Department of Defense and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Thorne is married and has two children. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Popular As Stephen Douglas Thorne
Occupation Naval aviator, test pilot
Age 33 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 11 February, 1953
Birthday 11 February
Birthplace Frankfurt, West Germany
Date of death May 24, 1986,
Died Place Santa Fe, Texas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1986

He was accepted for NASA astronaut training in June 1985, but died in an airplane accident where he was a passenger on May 24, 1986.

Thorne was killed in an aircraft accident of a stunt plane, in which he was a passenger, on May 24, 1986. The stunt plane crashed while performing maneuvers near Santa Fe, Texas, killing Thorne and a NASA engineer. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

1985

Following an unsuccessful application for NASA Astronaut Group 10, Thorne was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in June 1985 and in August, commenced a one-year training and evaluation program to qualify him for subsequent assignment as a pilot on future Space Shuttle flights.

1976

Upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy, Thorne entered flight training and received his aviator wings in December 1976. Following training in the F-4 Phantom, he joined Fighter Squadron 21 (VF-21) and deployed to the Western Pacific aboard the USS Ranger. After training at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in 1981, Thorne spent the next two years at Strike Aircraft Test at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, Maryland, flying mostly ordnance and weapons systems tests in the F-4 and A-7 Corsair II. He completed F-18 Hornet transition training in October 1984 and joined Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) aboard USS Coral Sea until departing for NASA.

1971

He graduated from T.L. Hanna High School, Anderson, South Carolina, in 1971 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1975.

1953

Stephen Douglas Thorne (February 11, 1953 – May 24, 1986), (Lt Cmdr, USN), was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot and a NASA astronaut candidate.

He was born on February 11, 1953, in Frankfurt, West Germany, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1975. He was a Navy fighter pilot from 1976 until he became a test pilot in 1981.