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This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

10 June 1969: The U.S. Air Force donated the first North American Aviation X-15, serial number 56-6670, to the Smithsonian Institution for display at the National Air and Space Museum. The first of three X-15A hypersonic research rocketplanes built by North American for the Air Force and the National Advisory Committee (NACA, the predecessor of NASA), 56-6670 made the first glide flight and

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Beasley, Charles A.

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Charles A. Beasley

Preferred Name: Chuck
Nickname/Call Sign: Lonestar
Date of Birth: August 24, 1934
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
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Major Chuck Beasley, a TX ANG pilot with the 182nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron played an important role in an emergency landing of a crippled commercial jetliner with 98 passengers. The jet had blown a tire when taking off from San Francisco and headed for Kellly AFB’s long 12,000-foot runway.

Beasley flew his F-102 beneath the transport to make a visual determination that a wheels-up landing could be attempted.

Source: Air Reservist Magazine, Dec 1967/Jan1968

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  • 182nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/149th Tactical Fighter Group, TXANG (F-100 D/F)

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