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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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Celce, Frederick W.

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Frederick W. Celce

Preferred Name: Fred
Date of Birth: November 15, 1938
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Annapolis, MD
Biography
Pilot Information

In 1956 Fred Celce bought a Concours-winning 1955 Sciata 208S Spider. This car was an amazing feat of engineering with the utmost style in an interior designed by Michelotti. Fred owned the car for 12 years, so while he was flying F-100 fighter jets around Europe, he was also flying around in his beautiful Spider.

Units Assigned

  • 1960 Pilot training, Moody AFB, GA
  • 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 1965 Tactical Air Command unit at Cannon AFB, NM

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Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1960 Dartmouth

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