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
Jim Kilpatrick flew the F-100 from 1970-1971 with the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Wing at Tuy Hoa and Phan Rang airbases in Vietnam. He flew 257 missions.
“Jim flew for American Airlines for 34 years in various aircraft across the United States, South American, Europe, and the Far East. He was a Check Airmen on the Boeing 757 & Boeing 767 and retired in 2006 after flying the Boeing 777. He and his wife Beverly have lived in Cary, N.C. for over 30 years where they raised their four daughters. He flies an RV-14 “Miss Bev” with the Bandit Team.” (1)
(1) Source: http://www.banditflightteam.com/pilot/jim-killer-kilpatrick/
