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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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Hover, Jerry W.

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Jerry Wilson Hover, Sr.

Preferred Name: Jerry
Nickname/Call Sign: SYOA
Date of Birth: September 9, 1940
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: MT
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Pilot Information

Jerry is a volunteer pilot with “Pilots and Paws” a national organization founded in 2008 which now has 2,466 pilot volunteers and 8,281 rescuers. The organization consists of volunteer pilots and plane owners willing to assist with animal transportation.

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  • 1971 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Wing, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)

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