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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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Richard David Fisher

Preferred Name: Dick
Date of Birth: July 20, 1934
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Canastota, NY
Headed West Date: May 9, 2013
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Dick Fisher retired as a Lt. Colonel from the USAF and was a member of the Charleston Radio Control Society.

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Richard D. Fisher, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on May 9, 2013.

Lt. Col. Richard David Fisher (USAF, Ret.), 78, of North Charleston, SC, widower of Gloria Jean Bain Fisher, entered into eternal rest Thursday, May 9, 2013.A graveside service was held Sunday, May 12, 2013 in the Dorchester Memory Gardens, Summerville, SC at 2 p.m. with Military Honors. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL, 3360 Glenn McConnell Pkwy., Charleston, SC.

Richard was born July 20, 1934 in Canastota, New York, son of the late Albert Fisher and Nellie Ray Fisher. He retired as a Lt. Colonel from the USAF and was a member of the Charleston Radio Control Society.

He is survived by his son, Michael Fisher (Margi) of San Antonio, TX; daughter, Sharon Fisher of Kensington, MD; sister, Mary Ramsdell of Canastota, NY; and grandchildren, Joe, Andrew, and Faith.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice.

Source: https://obits.syracuse.com/us/obituaries/syracuse/name/lt-fisher-obituary?id=46029653
Date of Death: May 9, 2013

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