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
Ron Hutchinson’s “three great loves were his family, his friends, and flying fighter jets. He was a fighter pilot’s fighter pilot. He founded and led a fraternity of fighter pilots known as CBSA. After a stellar career as an Air Force fighter pilot, he began a career in real estate. He started his own real estate business, served as the president of the Shreveport Bossier Board of Realtors, and then eventually became a real estate educator.” (1)
Source: (1) https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/shreveporttimes/name/ronald-hutchison-obituary?id=21938159