Neil Armstrong and the X-15 by Bob van der Linden, Posted on Tue, July 23, 2019, Aeronautics Department, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum “Released from duty in mid-1952, Armstrong returned to Purdue where he earned his degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. His love of flight and engineering drew him to the National Advisory
Jim Icenhour, Jr. retired from the USAF on July 1, 1987, then flew for Pan Amin the Boeing 727, Boeing 737, and Airbus A-310 from June 1987 to October 1991. He transferred to Delta with the sale of Pan Am’s North Atlantic routes on November 1, 1991, and flew the Airbus A-310, Boeing 727 and Boeing 737 from November 1991 to May 2005. From 1993 to 2005 Jim served as an elected Air Line Pilots Association official, and was elected to the Board of Supervisors for James City County, Virginia in 2005, then re-elected in 2009.