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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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Driggs, Laurence L., III

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Laurence L. Driggs, III

Preferred Name: Lauri
Nickname/Call Sign: Hayseed
Date of Birth: December 31, 1937
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Easton, MD
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Lawrence “Lauri” Driggs flew the F-100 from 1961-1962 at Luke AFB, AZ and Nellis AFB, NV. After serving in the USAF he became a pilot for TWA.

Units Assigned

  • 1961-1962 RTU Luke AFB, AZ/Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
  • 1962-1965 7272nd Air Base Wing, Wheelus AFB,
  • 1965-1966 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA/Aviano AB, Italy

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Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • BA/Journalism,  University of Pennsylvania

Driggs, Lawrence
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