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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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Farley, Curt

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Curt Farley

Preferred Name: Curt
Date of Birth: June 4, 1938
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
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“…Curt has served in the US Air Force flying fighter jets and later large commercial jets for various domestic and international airlines in the United States. After retirement, Curt worked for a small business jet operation flying Citation Jets.

Curt Farley has over 36,000 flight hours logged and typed on Citation Jet family, B727/737/707/747, C525, MD11, and some experimental types.”(1)

In his spare time, Curt flew his own MiG-17 at airshows.

Source: (1) http://www.air-ferry.com/pilots.html

Units Assigned

  • 1966-1969 136th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100)

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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Air Medals (4)
Commendation from the Air Force Chief of Staff

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