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
Steve Clark served as a Captain and fighter pilot in the United States Air Force with a tour of duty in Asia and a Top Secret Security Clearance in the late 1960s. He has accumulated over 5,000 flight hours and holds an ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) Rating. He is an aerobatic pilot.
A native Kansan, Steve Clark is a business school graduate of Wichita State University. He is Chairman of Clark Investment Group, a real estate development and investment company based in Wichita, Kansas. In 1960, at age eighteen, Clark became the youngest licensed real estate salesperson in Kansas and has since been active in real estate development and investments.
Steve has been the recipient of numerous awards in Commerce. For more about Steve Clark’s notable awards, go to http://clarkinv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/SteveClarkResume.pdf