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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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Hughes, Ernest C.

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Ernest C. Hughes

Preferred Name: Curt
Date of Birth: January 24, 1940
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Ernest Hughes - before
Ernest Hughes - now
Biography
Pilot Information

“No combat, but fortunate to fly dissimilar air combat training against Agressor T-38, F-5 and Fighter Lead-In F-15 plus Marine Reserve F-4 and USAF F-4, F-15; out classed, but the ‘ol Hun surprised several of them.

Great plane!”

From 1969-1998 Curt flew as a 767 Captain with Delta Air Lines.

Units Assigned

  • 1964 Commissioned
  • 1964-1965 Pilot training, Class 66D, Williams AFB, AZ
  • 1966-1968 3553rd Pilot Training Instructor, Moody AFB, GA (T-37)
  • 1968-1969 Stan Eval/Check Pilot and IP Training/Instructor, Moody AFB, GA (T-37)
  • 1970-1972 187th Fighter Wing (ALANG) Montgomery, AL (RF-84, RF-4C)
  • 1972-1980 159th Fighter Group (LAANG) New Orleans, LA (F-100D)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-37
RF-84
RF-4C
F-100D

Commercial
767

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education

  • BS/Electrical Engineering, University of Oklahoma

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