Capt. William Hamilton, a 1981 Auburn grad in Aerospace Engineering, recently took command of one of the world’s most storied aircraft carriers, one of the few jobs with more responsibility than chauffeuring Pat Dye on recruiting trips.
[Hamilton] spent a couple of years as a pilot for Auburn’s athletic teams, chauffeuring the likes of Pat Dye and Charles Barkley.
His reminiscing stopped for moment as he laughed — a loud and hearty sound.
“I can’t tell you the number of times Charles Barkley and I argued about where he was going to sit on the airplane,” he said.
The 50-year-old carrier, the USS Enterprise, has a nearly five acre flight deck and runs on nuclear power. Hamilton needn’t worry about sterility issues stemming from radiation, though.
If you can stay fertile through prolonged exposure to Pat Dye’s animal magnetism you can stay fertile through anything.
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Awesome. The launching of that same ship in 1960 inspired Gene Roddenberry to use its name in “Star Trek” in 1961. When it is retired in 2013, it will have served for 51 years, longer than any other ship in our history.
War Damn Eagle, Captain Hamilton!
This is the coolest thing (Non-championship, non-Iron Bowl win categories) on the site yet.